Soldier of Tennessee : General Alexander P. Stewart and the Civil War in the West

by ELLIOTT SAM DAVIS

• ISBN13: 9780807123409
• ISBN10: 0807123404
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr

Summary

As one of the few higher-ranking officers in the Army of Tennessee to avoid controversy, General Alexander P. Stewart (1821-1908) was an outstanding but not outrageous leader. In this masterly biography, Sam Davis Elliott traces the life of this undeservedly obscure general from his early years at West Point through his involvement in nearly all of the battles fought by the Army of Tennessee to his postwar career as an educator and Civil War park commissioner. More than the story of one man, Soldier of Tennessee poignantly conveys the triumphs and failures of the Confederate effort in the West and a divided nation's efforts at reconciliation. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Sam Davis Elliott is an attorney in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Table of Contents

Preface	xi	(6)
Abbreviations Used in Notes	xvii
1 Son of the Volunteer State: Rogersville, Winchester, West Point, and Cumberland	1	(16)
2 The Defense of Our Rights: Secession to New Madrid	17	(16)
3 No Army Did Better Work: Shiloh	33	(15)
4 Veterans from the Volunteer State: Perryville	48	(13)
5 In a Manner That Is Beyond Praise: Murfreesboro	61	(15)
6 Old Straight: Interlude in Middle Tennessee	76	(11)
7 An Entire Failure: The Tullahoma Campaign	87	(24)
8 Strong Arms and Stout Hearts: The Chickamauga Campaign	111	(25)
9 My Line Was Too Long and Weak: Missionary Ridge	136	(29)
10 A Defensive Campaign: From Dalton to the Chattahoochee	165	(33)
11 After a Desperate Fight and Heavy Loss: The Fall of Atlanta	198	(27)
12 The Disastrous Campaign into Tennessee: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville	225	(34)
13 The Noble Army of Tennessee Disbanded: The Carolina Campaign and the End of the War	259	(14)
14 A Quiet, Peaceable, Law-Abiding Citizen: Educator and Businessman, 1865-1889	273	(13)
15 A Dream of the Past: Confederate Veteran and Park Commissioner, 1890-1908	286	(15)
Conclusion: A Man Growing Before Our Eyes	301	(8)
Bibliography	309	(18)
Index	327