Days of Glory

by Daniel, Larry J.

• ISBN13: 9780807131916
• ISBN10: 0807131911
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-01
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xv
Abbreviations	xvii
PART 1: THE ANDERSON-SHERMAN LEGACY
1. Birth of an Army: The Anderson Legacy	3	(13)
2. Sherman Takes Command: A Baleful Sway	16	(17)
PART 2: THE BUELL INFLUENCE
3. Organization and Strategy: The Arrival of Buell	33	(24)
4. The Drive South: The Buell-Halleck Feud	57	(17)
5. The Mettle Tested: The Battle of Shiloh	74	(17)
PART 3: DECLINE OF THE BUELL INFLUENCE
6. The Chattanooga Campaign: Conservative War Aims	91	(16)
7. Retreat to Kentucky: A Season of Blunders	107	(19)
8. The Collapse of Command: The Anti-Buell Faction	126	(15)
9. Faltering Communications: The Battle of Perryville	141	(26)
10. A Failure to Perform: The Removal of Buell	167	(14)
PART 4: THE ROSECRANS ERA
11. Army of the Cumberland: The Rosecrans Influence	181	(20)
12. The Weight of Command: Clash at Stones River	201	(24)
13. Interlude: The Business of War	225	(21)
14. The Politics of War: Rise of the Anti-Rosecrans Faction	246	(19)
15. Tullahoma: Military Gain, Political Vexation	265	(20)
PART 5: THE DECLINE OF ROSECRANS
16. An Aura of Vanity: The Road to Chattanooga	285	(29)
17. Fatal Decision: The Battle of Chickamauga	314	(24)
18. The Removal: Purge and Reorganization	338	(23)
PART 6: THE EMERGENCE OF THOMAS
19. Chattanooga: Thomas Takes Command	361	(18)
20. The Army Remodeled: Winter at Chattanooga	379	(15)
21. The Atlanta Campaign: "A Spirit of Jealousy"	394	(22)
22. Command Fracture: The Grand Old Army Divides	416	(16)
Epilogue	432	(3)
ORDERS OF BATTLE	435	(14)
Bibliography	449	(28)
Index	477