With concise chapters and inviting prose
prominent Boston family
dismantling prevailing attitudes that consign women to the footnotes of Civil War texts
extensively revised and edited by J
Carmichael focuses not on what soldiers thought but rather how they thought
The Atlanta Campaign: Volume 1: Dalton to Cassville, May 1-19, 1864 ( David A. Powell-CWC) photo With concise chapters and invitingby David A. Powell For scope, drama, and importance, the Atlanta Campaign was second only to Ulysses S. Grants Overland Campaign in Virginia. Despite its criticality and massive array of primary source material, it has lingered in the shadows of other campaigns and has yet to receive the treatment it deserves. Powells The Atlanta Campaign, Volume 1: Dalton to Cassville, May 119, 1864, the first in a proposed five volume treatment, ends that oversight.