THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Twentieth)
In which we continue to cover the action at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain on June 27, 1864.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Witness to War: The Story of the Civil War Told by Those Who Lived It” by J Mark Powell.
THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Nineteenth)
In which we look at more of the action at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain on June 27, 1864.
THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Eighteenth)
In which the action starts at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain on June 27, 1864.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain” by Daniel J Vermilya.
THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Seventeenth)
In which Sherman decides to attack the Confederate lines at Kennesaw Mountain.
Our book recommendation for this episode is Blue & Gray Magazine, June 1989.
THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Sixteenth)
In which we discuss the fight at Kolb’s Farm on June 22, 1864.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Clash at Kennesaw: June & July 1864” by Russell W Blount Jr.
THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Fifteenth)
In which the armies take their positions along the Kennesaw line, near Marietta, Georgia, in June 1864.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Decisions at Kennesaw Mountain: The Eleven Critical Decisions That Defined the Battle” by Lawrence K Peterson.
THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Fourteenth)
In which Kennesaw Mountain enters the discussion, Polk is killed, and there’s a fight at Kolb’s Farm.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Kennesaw Mountain: Sherman, Johnston, and the Atlanta Campaign” by Earl J Hess.
THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Thirteenth)
In which we discuss three changes that took place in the campaign over late May/early June.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Fighting for Atlanta: Tactics, Terrain, and Trenches in the Civil War” by Earl J Hess.
THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Twelfth)
In which the Federals swing away from the railroad, out into the north Georgia countryside, and there are sharp fights at New Hope Church and Pickett’s Mill.
THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Eleventh)
In which the Confederates fall back, fall back again, have a very bad day at Cassville, then fall back again.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Cassville Affairs: Johnston, Hood, and the Failed Confederate Strategy in the Atlanta Campaign, 19 May 1864” by Robert D Jenkins Sr.