| PART ONE Johnston's Retreat to Atlanta; or, A Smart and Scrappy Sherman Uses his Strength to Cow and Bludgeon an Outnumbered, Less Resolute Opponent |
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Introduction: The Sherman-Johnston Match-up in Mississippi, July 1863, as Omen of Atlanta's Fall |
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How Joe Johnston Earned His Reputation for Retreating |
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7 | (11) |
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Sherman Prepares to Advance |
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Johnston Prepares to Fall Back |
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24 | (10) |
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34 | (12) |
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The Battle of Resaca (Johnston Is Turned, II) |
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46 | (5) |
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51 | (5) |
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To New Hope Church and Back to the Railroad (Johnston Is Turned, Again) |
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56 | (17) |
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The Mountain Lines, June 5-July 2, 1864 |
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Johnston Is Yet Again Turned, at the Chattahoochee |
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92 | (10) |
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The Government Concludes Johnston Has Failed: Deliberations and the Decision to Replace Him, July 10-17 |
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102 | (25) |
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117 | (10) |
| PART TWO Hood Struggles Against the Inevitable; or, How Even a Student of the ``Lee and Jackson School'' Could Not Prevent the Fall of Atlanta |
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How Hood Learned War from Lee and Jackson in Virginia |
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Hood's Attack Against Thomas's Army: Peachtree Creek, July 20, 1864 |
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129 | (8) |
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Hood Attempts Another Chancellorsville, July 22 |
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137 | (11) |
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Hood's Third Sortie Again Attempts a Flank Attack: Ezra Church, July 28 |
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148 | (7) |
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Hood Keeps His Army Together While Enduring Sherman's Semi-Siege |
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155 | (12) |
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Hood Does What Joe Johnston Only Dreamed About: He Sends His Cavalry Off to Cut Sherman's Rail Lines, August 10 |
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167 | (6) |
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Hood Is Unable to Parry Sherman's ``Movement Round Atlanta by the South,'' August 25-September 1 |
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173 | (24) |
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191 | (6) |
| Conclusion |
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197 | (4) |
| A Note on the Major Authorities |
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201 | (4) |
| Index |
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205 | (10) |
| About the Author |
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