Conquered
Why the Army of Tennessee Failed

Probably the best single volume work I've come across focused solely on the Army of Tennessee. The author makes the argument that many factors contributed to the army's downfall. These included poor leadership decisions as well as supply and morale issues. Although the case can be made that R.E. Lee......more

This is an interesting analysis of the failure of the Army of Tennessee over time. It experienced few victories in the West during the Civil War. Why? Among the key causes was dysfunctional leadership. Often, there was animosity between and among generals. Most apparent with the acerbic Braxton Bragg......more

A very good study—part campaign narrative, part topical—of the Army of Tennessee from its origins as a state military force at the beginning of the Civil War to its destruction in Hood’s assaults at Franklin and Nashville in late 1864. The book concentrates most heavily on the years between Shiloh a......more

My great grandfather and two great great grandfathers were in this Army, with a host of their kin. Most physically survived but others had wounds of another kind. This book gave me much better insight into the travails they endured at Stones River, Hoover’s Gap, Chattanooga, Atlanta, and for one the......more

The author set out to match Joseph Glatthaar's General Lee's Army using that author's innovative meticulously assembled database of some 5,000 who served therein, the only problem is Daniel omitted that crucial first step of assembling the data. The contribution of this study, in my opinion, lies in......more