Read General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind "Juneteenth" (Leadership in Action)

General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind "Juneteenth" (Leadership in Action)

Robert C. Conner

4.9/5 (23941 ratings)

Description:This is the first full-length biography of the Civil War general who saved the Union army from catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga, and went on to play major roles in the Chattanooga and Mobile campaigns. Immediately after the war, as commander of U.S. troops in Texas, his actions sparked the Juneteenth celebrations of slaverys end, which continue to this day.Granger’s first battle was at Wilson’s Creek, Missouri, and he soon thereafter rose through the ranks—cavalry, then infantry—in early 1863 vying with Forrest and Van Dorn for control of central Tennessee. The artillery platform he erected at Franklin, dubbed Fort Granger, would soon overlook the death knell of the main Confederate army in the west.Granger’s first fame, however, came at Chickamauga, when the Rebel Army of Tennessee came within a hair’s-breadth of destroying the Union Army of the Cumberland. Without orders—even defying them—Granger marched his Reserve Corps to the scene of the hottest action, where Thomas was just barely holding on with the rump of Rosecrans’ army. Bringing fresh ammunition and hurling his men against Longstreet’s oncoming legions, Granger provided just enough breathing space to prevent that Union defeat from becoming the worst open-field battle disgrace of the war.Granger was then given command of a full infantry corps, but just proved too odd of a fellow to promote further. At Chattanooga he got on the nerves of U.S. Grant for going off to shoot cannons instead of commanding his troops (he’d actually indulged this impulse also at Chickamauga) and Sherman had no use for him either. So he went down to join Farragut in the conquest of Mobile, Alabama, leading land operations against the Confederate forts.This long-overdue biography sheds fascinating new light on a colorful commander who fought through the war in the West from its first major battles to its last, and even left his impact on the Reconstruction beyond.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind "Juneteenth" (Leadership in Action). To get started finding General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind "Juneteenth" (Leadership in Action), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 1612001858

Description: This is the first full-length biography of the Civil War general who saved the Union army from catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga, and went on to play major roles in the Chattanooga and Mobile campaigns. Immediately after the war, as commander of U.S. troops in Texas, his actions sparked the Juneteenth celebrations of slaverys end, which continue to this day.Granger’s first battle was at Wilson’s Creek, Missouri, and he soon thereafter rose through the ranks—cavalry, then infantry—in early 1863 vying with Forrest and Van Dorn for control of central Tennessee. The artillery platform he erected at Franklin, dubbed Fort Granger, would soon overlook the death knell of the main Confederate army in the west.Granger’s first fame, however, came at Chickamauga, when the Rebel Army of Tennessee came within a hair’s-breadth of destroying the Union Army of the Cumberland. Without orders—even defying them—Granger marched his Reserve Corps to the scene of the hottest action, where Thomas was just barely holding on with the rump of Rosecrans’ army. Bringing fresh ammunition and hurling his men against Longstreet’s oncoming legions, Granger provided just enough breathing space to prevent that Union defeat from becoming the worst open-field battle disgrace of the war.Granger was then given command of a full infantry corps, but just proved too odd of a fellow to promote further. At Chattanooga he got on the nerves of U.S. Grant for going off to shoot cannons instead of commanding his troops (he’d actually indulged this impulse also at Chickamauga) and Sherman had no use for him either. So he went down to join Farragut in the conquest of Mobile, Alabama, leading land operations against the Confederate forts.This long-overdue biography sheds fascinating new light on a colorful commander who fought through the war in the West from its first major battles to its last, and even left his impact on the Reconstruction beyond.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind "Juneteenth" (Leadership in Action). To get started finding General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind "Juneteenth" (Leadership in Action), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind "Juneteenth" (Leadership in Action)

General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind "Juneteenth" (Leadership in Action)

More Books

James Montgomery: Abolitionist Warrior

James Montgomery: Abolitionist Warrior

The Last Circle of Ulysses Grant

The Last Circle of Ulysses Grant

Roberta Raves: Humorous Stories of Everyday Life

Roberta Raves: Humorous Stories of Everyday Life

A Field Companion for Wandering

A Field Companion for Wandering

The Jesus Cult: 2000 Years of the Last Days

The Jesus Cult: 2000 Years of the Last Days

Magic in Christianity: From Jesus to the Gnostics

Magic in Christianity: From Jesus to the Gnostics

Jesus the Sorcerer

Jesus the Sorcerer

Secret Gospel of Mark: morton smith, clement of alexandria and four decades of academic burlesque

Secret Gospel of Mark: morton smith, clement of alexandria and four decades of academic burlesque

Apparitions of Jesus: The Resurrection as Ghost Story

Apparitions of Jesus: The Resurrection as Ghost Story