Training, Tactics and Leadership in the Confederate Army of Tennessee: Seeds of Failure

by Haughton,Andrew R.B.

• ISBN13: 9780714650326
• ISBN10: 0714650323
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This assessment of the performance of the southern soldiers in the American Civil War of 1861 deals with every aspect of an army from its senior officer to the lowliest private, following every process as the soldier tried to adapt to military life, train, and overcome the enemy.

Author Biography

Andrew Haughton was awarded a PhD in War Studies from King's College, London. He currently works for the Financial Times in London

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vi
Series Editor's Foreword	vii
List of Abbreviations	ix
Introduction	1	(10)
The Southern Martial Tradition	11	(15)
Antebellum Military Theory and Experience	26	(12)
The South Goes to War	38	(21)
The Battle of Shiloh	59	(19)
Training in the Heat of a Mississippi Summer	78	(12)
The Kentucky Campaign	90	(14)
The Battle of Stones River	104	(8)
Training in the Light of Experience	112	(9)
The Chickamauga and Chattanooga Campaigns	121	(16)
Training for the Atlanta Campaign	137	(13)
Joseph E. Johnston and the Atlanta Campaign	150	(14)
Desperation and Destruction in the Final Year of the War	164	(18)
Conclusion	182	(4)
Appendix: Examinations for Artillery Officers	186	(15)
Notes	201	(33)
Bibliography	234	(23)
Index	257