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![]() David Powell’s The Chickamauga Campaign Trilogy is now complete, with the fighting in the hills and valleys of North Georgia finally receiving the extensive treatment it has so long deserved. Barren Victory concludes with the most detailed order of battle (including unit strengths and losses) for Chickamauga ever compiled, and a comprehensive bibliography. In addition to carefully examining the decisions made by each army commander and their consequences, Powell sets forth the dreadful costs of the fighting in terms of the human suffering involved. The Maps of Chickamauga: An Atlas of the Chickamauga Campaign, Including the Tullahoma Operations, June 22-September 23, 1863. Unfortunately for the South, three grueling days of combat has broken down the Army of Tennessee and made a vigorous pursuit nearly impossible. The Chickamauga campaign of the American Civil War was a series of battles fought in northwestern Georgia from August 21 to September 20. Braxton Bragg has won the signal victory of his career, but has yet to fully grasp that fact or the fruits of his success. Rosecrans in Chattanooga and most of the rest of his Federal army in Rossville, Georgia. The narrative opens at dawn on Monday, September 21, 1863, with Union commander William S. No one will ever look at Chickamauga the same way again. ![]() sets the standard for Civil War battle studies. ![]() In Barren Victory Powell examines the immediate aftermath of this great battle with unprecedented clarity and detail. Smith, author of Champion Hill and Corinth 1862 'Powell's latest monograph, The Chickamauga Campaign - Glory or the Grave. ![]()
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