When Vicksburg fell to Union forces under General Grant in July 1863, the balance turned against the Confederacy in the trans-Appalachian theater. The Federal success along the river opened the way for advances into central and eastern Tennessee, which culminated in the battle of Chickamauga and then a struggle for the strategically important city of Chattanooga. Chickamauga, one of the bloodiest battles in a war noted for carnage, is usually counted as a Confederate victory, albeit a costly one.

Some copies are University of Nebraska Press, Bison Books, paperback printing 1999, 257 p., 23 cm.

List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- Series Editors' Introduction -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Army Begins to Move -- 2. A Nine Days' Campaign -- 3. We Must Force Him to Fight -- 4. Savagery and Confusion -- 5. They Fought Like Tigers -- 6. Like a Duck Hit on the Head -- 7. The Cracker Line -- 8. I have Never Felt Such Restlessness -- 9. Fix Bayonets and Go Ahead -- 10. I was Never More Digusted -- 11. The Death Knell of the Confederacy -- Notes -- Bibliographical Essay -- Index.