HISTORY OF THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND
ITS ORGANIZATION, CAMPAIGNS, AND BATTLES
WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE H. THOMAS
CHIEFLY FROM HIS PRIVATE MILITARY JOURNAL AND OFFICIAL AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FURNISHED BY HIM
BY THOMAS B. VAN HORNE, U.S.A.
Illustrated with Campaign and Battle Maps Compiled by Blade Magner with an Introduction by Peters Crozzens
COMPLETE TWO-VOLUME BOOK SET
MINT CONDITION
This book set is brand new, unread and in pristine condition.
Sharp, Bright, Clean, Attractive, Solidly Bound Book Set
Handsome, Cover Design – Facsimile of the Original 1866 First Edition
Loaded with Battle Maps and Rosters; Fully Indexed
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1866, THIS HANDSOME REPRINT SET WAS PUBLISHED IN 1988 AND 1992
“…this is the best summary of the operations of a celebrated Federal Army of the West….” – Civil War Books
The only complete history of the major Union army in the West, requested by General George H. Thomas, whose instructions were to “write nothing but the truth.” An exhaustive study earning high praise. The original, 1866, first edition, included the same two volumes, but also had a third volume with just maps. This facsimile set has reprinted the originals, but has placed the maps with the text in the two volumes.
The origin of the Army of the Cumberland dates back to the creation of the Army of Ohio in November 1861, under the command of Brigadier General Robert Anderson. The army fought under the name Army of the Ohio until Major General William S. Rosecrans assumed command of the army and the Department of the Cumberland and changed the name of the combined entity to the Army of the Cumberland. The army's first significant combat under the Cumberland name was at the Battle of Stones River. The unit fought in the Tullahoma Campaign and at the Battle of Chickamauga, after which the army became besieged at the Battle of Chattanooga. General Grant reinforced the army from the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the Tennessee also arrived. Rosecrans had been a popular and respected commander, but because of his defeat at Chickamauga and inability to lift the Confederate siege, Grant chose to replace him with General George H. Thomas on October 19, 1863. The unit fought at the Battles of Chattanooga seizing the rifle pits at the base of Missionary Ridge. However, once they achieved their objective, four divisions stormed up the ridge and routed the Confederate center.
After Grant's victory at Chattanooga earned him promotion to general-in-chief of the U.S. Army, General Sherman assumed command of Grant's Military Division of the Mississippi, which controlled all Union armies in the West. He created an "army group" of the Army of the Cumberland, the Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio, marching towards Atlanta in May 1864. On the way to Atlanta they fought in many battles and skirmishes including the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. In September, Atlanta fell to Sherman's army group. When Confederate general John Bell Hood moved north from Atlanta, Sherman chose not to follow him and instead dispatched some of the Army of the Cumberland and the Army of the Ohio after him. Thomas finally met Hood at the Battle of Nashville and crushed him, thus bringing to an end any significant military actions for the Army of the Cumberland. Other elements of the Army of the Cumberland (the XIV and XX Corps) marched to the sea and north through the Carolinas with Sherman, under the command of Major General Henry Slocum. These forces became the Union's Army of Georgia and participated in the Grand Review in Washington, DC, in 1865
THIS BOOK SET IS IN MINT CONDITION
This is a new, unread, pristine-condition book set. It has no shortcomings. There isn’t a mark in the book set and the pages are clean and bright white. The book is clean, sharp, bright, and solidly bound throughout. It is filled with wonderful maps. The set is fully indexed and cross referenced. An extraordinary, complete, handsome, brand-new, mixed, set of this wonderful history of the Army of the Cumberland.
HISTORY OF THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND
ITS ORGANIZATION, CAMPAIGNS, AND BATTLES
WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE H. THOMAS
CHIEFLY FROM HIS PRIVATE MILITARY JOURNAL AND OFFICIAL AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FURNISHED BY HIM
BY THOMAS B. VAN HORNE, U.S.A.
Illustrated with Campaign and Battle Maps Compiled by Blade Magner with an Introduction by Peters Crozzens
COMPLETE TWO-VOLUME BOOK SET
MINT CONDITION
This book set is brand new, unread and in pristine condition.
Sharp, Bright, Clean, Attractive, Solidly Bound Book Set
Handsome, Cover Design – Facsimile of the Original 1866 First Edition
Loaded with Battle Maps and Rosters; Fully Indexed
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1866, THIS HANDSOME REPRINT SET WAS PUBLISHED IN 1988 AND 1992 OUT-OF-PRINT
“…this is the best summary of the operations of a celebrated Federal Army of the West….” – Civil War Books
The only complete history of the major Union army in the West, requested by General George H. Thomas, whose instructions were to “write nothing but the truth.” An exhaustive study earning high praise. The original, 1866, first edition, included the same two volumes, but also had a third volume with just maps. This facsimile set has reprinted the originals, but has placed the maps with the text in the two volumes.
The origin of the Army of the Cumberland dates back to the creation of the Army of Ohio in November 1861, under the command of Brigadier General Robert Anderson. The army fought under the name Army of the Ohio until Major General William S. Rosecrans assumed command of the army and the Department of the Cumberland and changed the name of the combined entity to the Army of the Cumberland. The army's first significant combat under the Cumberland name was at the Battle of Stones River. The unit fought in the Tullahoma Campaign and at the Battle of Chickamauga, after which the army became besieged at the Battle of Chattanooga. General Grant reinforced the army from the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the Tennessee also arrived. Rosecrans had been a popular and respected commander, but because of his defeat at Chickamauga and inability to lift the Confederate siege, Grant chose to replace him with General George H. Thomas on October 19, 1863. The unit fought at the Battles of Chattanooga seizing the rifle pits at the base of Missionary Ridge. However, once they achieved their objective, four divisions stormed up the ridge and routed the Confederate center.
After Grant's victory at Chattanooga earned him promotion to general-in-chief of the U.S. Army, General Sherman assumed command of Grant's Military Division of the Mississippi, which controlled all Union armies in the West. He created an "army group" of the Army of the Cumberland, the Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio, marching towards Atlanta in May 1864. On the way to Atlanta they fought in many battles and skirmishes including the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. In September, Atlanta fell to Sherman's army group. When Confederate general John Bell Hood moved north from Atlanta, Sherman chose not to follow him and instead dispatched some of the Army of the Cumberland and the Army of the Ohio after him. Thomas finally met Hood at the Battle of Nashville and crushed him, thus bringing to an end any significant military actions for the Army of the Cumberland. Other elements of the Army of the Cumberland (the XIV and XX Corps) marched to the sea and north through the Carolinas with Sherman, under the command of Major General Henry Slocum. These forces became the Union's Army of Georgia and participated in the Grand Review in Washington, DC, in 1865
THIS BOOK SET IS IN MINT CONDITION
This out-of-print book set is brand new, unread, and in pristine condition. It has no shortcomings. There isn’t a mark in the book set and the pages are clean and bright white. The book is clean, sharp, bright, and solidly bound throughout. It is filled with wonderful maps. The set is fully indexed and cross referenced. An extraordinary, complete, handsome, brand-new, mixed, set of this wonderful history of the Army of the Cumberland.
