Shermans Battle for Atlanta PB

by Jacob Dolson Cox

Book Overview

"After more than a century, Jacob Cox's Atlanta remains an essential book on one of the pivotal campaigns of the Civil War."--Gary W. Gallagher

In 1864 Abraham Lincoln had privately predicted his defeat in the impending election, but ten days later Atlanta fell, assuring his victory. General Jacob D. Cox (1828-1900) played a key role in the Union success at Atlanta, a city of profound strategic and political significance. At Kenesaw...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030680588X
• ISBN13: 9780306805882
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 7.9"