The Battle of Chattanooga was followed quickly by the Battle of Chickamauga. This work leads the reader from the one to the other in full detail, approximating the general atmosphere through narration of the less weighty but intensely human incidents of this dogged, bloody fray. -- Adapted from the jacket cover.

Reprint. Originally published: Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill. Reprint. Originally published: Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, c1961. "New materials copyright 1984 by Morningside House, Inc." Includes index. Some copies are : Morningside Bookshop reprints, 1972 , 1976, 1984 and Morningside reprints with new revised introduction, 1992.

Part I:Rosecrans: Gifted eccentric. A Hoosier horseman opens the gate --|t Over the river and ranges --|t The general relishes midnight talkfests --|t Politician and "Bird of Ill Omen" --|t Burnside dallies around Knoxville --|t Frustration in McLemore's Cove --|g Part II: -- Bragg: Brusque, Prickly but "Will fight." Servant of the regulations --|t "Old Pete" hears distant guns --|t Rosecrans collects his scattered forces --|t The repeaters delay the crossing --|t Meeting on the river of death --|t Thomas stumbles into a battle --|t "Rosey" follows the battle by ear --|t "The "little giants" dent Rosecran's center --Viniard's Farm --|t Cleburne's sunset assault --|t Driving thirst in the deep shadows --|t Rosecrans talks, McCook sings --|t Rosecrans delivers a costly rebuke --|g Part III: -- Longstreet: Whirlwind in the forest. Old Peter reaches the battlefield --|t Paralysis on Bragg's right --|t Polk's futile brigade assaults --|t Wood leaves a gap --|t Piercing the Federal Center --|t Poe's field to Snodgrass Hill --|t Rout of Davis and Sheridan --|g Part IV: -- Thomas: Rock of Chickamauga. The panic overwhelms Rosecrans --|t Snodgrass Hill --|t March of Granger and Steedman --|t Horseshoe Ridge --|t Withdrawal and retreat --|t Bragg's dilatory pursuit --|t An abortive victory --|t Army of the Cumberland, U.S.A. (Chart) --|t Army of Tennessee, C.S.A. (Chart) --|t Cavalry, Federal and Confederate (Chart). pt. I: Rosecrans: Gifted eccentric. A Hoosier horseman opens the gate -- Over the river and ranges -- The general relishes midnight talkfests -- Politician and "Bird of Ill Omen" -- Burnside dallies around Knoxville -- Frustration in McLemore's Cove -- pt. II: Bragg: Brusque, Prickly but "Will fight." Servant of the regulations -- "Old Pete" hears distant guns -- Rosecrans collects his scattered forces -- The repeaters delay the crossing -- Meeting on the river of death -- Thomas stumbles into a battle -- "Rosey" follows the battle by ear -- "The "little giants" dent Rosecran's center --Viniard's Farm -- Cleburne's sunset assault -- Driving thirst in the deep shadows -- Rosecrans talks, McCook sings -- Rosecrans delivers a costly rebuke. pt. III: Longstreet: Whirlwind in the forest. Old Peter reaches the battlefield -- Paralysis on Bragg's right -- Polk's futile brigade assaults -- Wood leaves a gap -- Piercing the Federal Center -- Poe's field to Snodgrass Hill -- Rout of Davis and Sheridan -- pt. IV: Thomas: Rock of Chickamauga. The panic overwhelms Rosecrans -- Snodgrass Hill -- March of Granger and Steedman -- Horseshoe Ridge -- Withdrawal and retreat -- Bragg's dilatory pursuit -- An abortive victory -- Army of the Cumberland, U.S.A. (Chart) -- Army of Tennessee, C.S.A. (Chart) -- Cavalry, Federal and Confederate (Chart).