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BL
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956703
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b711073
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McMurry, Richard M.
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| Title & Author
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Atlanta 1864 : : last chance for the Confederacy /\ Richard M. McMurry.
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| Publication Statement
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Lincoln :: University of Nebraska Press,, ©2000.
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| Series Statement
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Great campaigns of the Civil War
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1 online resource (xvi, 229 pages) :: illustrations, maps.
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| ISBN
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080320177X
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: 128042401X
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: 6610424012
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: 9780803201774
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: 9781280424014
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: 9786610424016
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0803232128
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0803282788 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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9780803232129
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index.
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| Contents
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Presidents and generals -- Grand strategy for 1864 -- Preparations for the field -- The best laid plans -- To the Oostanaula -- On to the Etowah -- Into the hell hole -- On the Kennesaw Line -- Across the Chattahoochee -- On other fields -- Hood takes command -- The Rebels strike back -- Battle for the Macon & Western -- "Let Old Abe settle it."
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| Abstract
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The author presents the situation "as federal armies under William T. Sherman contended with Joseph E. Johnston and his successor, John Bell Hood, and moved steadily through Georgia to occupy the rail and commercial center of Atlanta."--Jacket.
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Atlanta Campaign, 1864.
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HISTORY.
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| Dewey Classification
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973.7/37
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| LC Classification
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E476.7.M268 2000eb
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