Rabu, 08 November 2017

ACW Book Review: Failure in the Saddle

Failure in the Saddle: Nathan Bedford Forrest, Joseph Wheeler and the Confederate Cavalry in the Chickamauga Campaign by David A. Powell, Savas Beatie, 2011, $34.95  THE HISTORY OF THE Confederate Army of Tennessee, the star-crossed unit charged with defending Southern interests in the Western Theater, is a tale of defeat and retreat. The army’s single …

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