"The Army of Tennessee" Topic

I'd like to expand my library on the the Army of Tennessee.

I've got The Army of the Heartland but was wondering if The Army of Tennessee by Horn was worth the investment, this seems to be an older book but that is not necessarily a drawback – look at Petre & Oman for the Napoleonic period. If there are any other books that you'd recommend I be interested.

I'm not sure about Horn, but you can also try Peter Cozzens. He has a trillogy beginning with "No Better Place to Die" about Stones River/Murfreesboro, "this Terrible Sound" about Chickamauga, and "The Shipwrek of Their Hopes" about Chattanooga. All 3 are pretty good

Cozzens trilogy is superb.

Also, Wiley Sword's "The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville"

Gosh, the hits keep rolling, one of the very best is Albert Castel's "Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864"

Yep, Horn's set is a classic, must have for anyone interested in The Army of the Tennessee. Cozzen's and Sword's are both excellent as well, but I'm not familier with Castel's book.

Take a look at the Civil War Preservation Trust web site and their library tab. They list books by battle and theatre. You might find some other titles there.

Not knowing in what direction you want to go with the Army of Tn. I would suggest the volumes below
Soldiering in the Army of Tennessee – Larry Daniels
Cannoneers in Gray – Larry Daniels
Braxton Bragg and Confederate Defeat – McWhinney
Battles and Sketches, Army of Tennessee
There are other books of course, Buck's book on Cleburne's command is an example, plus books on specific battles (thirding or fourthing Cozzens and Sword).
Hope this is helpful
Hank

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Battles and Sketches is by Ridley a Moringside reprint and Cannoneers is about the guns of the A of T.

Not widely know is "Tullahoma, The 1863 Campaign for the control of Middle Tennessee" by Michael R. Bradley, published in paperback in 2000 by Burd Street Press, ISBN 1-57249-167-1

Several additional books can be added to the lists already posted. The first three cover the remaining battles of 1862 and 1865:

Benjamin Cooling, Forts Henry and Donelson – The Key to the Confederate Heartland, 1987.

Kenneth Roe, Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle, 2001.

Mark Bradley, Last Stand in the Carolinas: The Battle of Bentonville, 1996.

If you are interested in the AoT cavalry there unfortunately is no modern study of this arm except for the latter part of 1862 in:

Kenneth Hafendorfer, They Died By Twos and Tens: The Confederate Cavalry in the Kentucky Campaign of 1862, 1995.

Horn's book on the AoT does not make much use of archival material and has been superseded by Connelly's two volumes. In addition to Connelly's Army of the Heartland you should pick up his second volume:

Thomas Connelly, Autumn of Glory: The Army of Tennessee, 1862-1865, 1971.

Three volumes are vital in understanding the strategic context of the AoT.

Archer Jones, Confederate Strategy From Shiloh to Vicksburg, 1961.

Jones subsequently expanded on this earlier study in:

Archer Jones and Thomas Connelly, The Politics of Command: Factions and Ideas in Confederate Strategy, 1973.

Another more recent examination of the western command structure is:

Steven Woodward, Jefferson Davis and his Generals: The Failure of Confederate Command in the West, 1990.

Lastly, a good comparison of the background of both the ANV and the AoT is:

Richard McMurray, Two Great Rebel Armies: An Essay in Confederate Military History, 1989.

"I'm not familier with Castel's book"

Lord Al, you should get it. It's in paper, avaliable at most US Park Service bookstores – at least the ones at military parks.

Albert Castel is considered by many to be one of the great historians of the Western Theater. I am biased, having been one of his students at Western Michigan. Quiet man, but approachable and sharp as a razor.

Mark

If you're into flags, and can find it, get The Battle Flags of the Confederate Army of Tennessee by Howard Michael Madaus & Robert D. Needham. By far the best ACW flag book I've ever run across. And you'll learn things about the army itself, as well as its banners.