Struggle For The Heartland

by Engle, Stephen D.

• ISBN13: 9780803267534
• ISBN10: 0803267533
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-01
• Publisher: Bison Books

Summary

Struggle for the Heartland tells the story surrounding the military campaign that began in early 1862 with the advance to Fort Henry and culminated in late May with the capture of Corinth, Mississippi. The first significant Northern penetration into the Confederate west, this campaign saw the military coming-of-age of Ulysses S. Grant and offered a hint as to where the Federals might win the war. For the South, it dashed any hopes of avoiding a protracted conflict. Stephen D. Engle colors in the details that bring great clarity and new life to the scene of these battles as well as to the social and political context in which they occurred.Stephen D. Engle is a professor of history at Florida Atlantic University. He is the author of The American Civil War: The War in the West, 1861-1863 and Don Carlos Buell: Most Promising of All.

Author Biography

Stephen D. Engle is a professor of history at Florida Atlantic University. He is the author of The American Civil War: The War in the West, 1861–1863 and Don Carlos Buell: Most Promising of All.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	viii
List of Maps	ix
Series Editors' Introduction	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	xv
1. Rivers, Valleys, and Armies	1	(26)
2. Politics, Planning, and Procrastination	27	(26)
3. Henry and Donelson	53	(32)
4. Missed Opportunities	85	(28)
5. Toward Pittsburg Landing	113	(26)
6. Bloody Shiloh	139	(27)
7. A Siege from Beginning to Close	166	(21)
8. The Promise of Summer	187	(20)
Notes	207	(34)
Bibliographical Essay	241	(6)
Index	247