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Storming the Heights: A Guide to the Battle of Chattanooga First Edition, Edition
Contributor(s): Spruill, Matt (Author), Forbes, Lowell (Contribution by)
ISBN: 1572332379     ISBN-13: 9781572332379
Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
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Product Type: Paperback
Published: November 2003
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Annotation: In this guide, Matt Spruill recounts the story of the November 1863 Battle of Chattanooga using official reports and observations by commanding officers in their own words. The book is organized in the format still used by the military on staff rides, allowing the reader to understand how the battle was fought and why leaders made the decisions they did. Unlike other books on the Battle of Chattanooga, this work guides the reader through the battlefield, allowing both visitor and armchair traveler to see the battle through the eyes of its participants. Numerous tour "stops" take the reader through the battles for Chattanooga: Wauhatchie, Lookout Mountain, Orchard Knob, Missionary Ridge, and Ringgold Gap. With easy-to-follow instructions, extensive tactical maps, eyewitness accounts, and editorial analyses, the reader is transported to the center of the action. "Storming the Heights offers new insights and covers key ground rarely seen by visitors to Chattanooga.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv)
- History | Military - Strategy
Dewey: 973.735
LCCN: 2003007246
Physical Information: 1.13" H x 5.92" W x 9.28" (1.20 lbs) 341 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Cultural Region - South
- Geographic Orientation - Tennessee
- Locality - Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Topical - Civil War
 
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Publisher Description:
"An outstanding guide...meets the needs of the serious students as well as the casual visitor."
- Edwin Bearss, former chief historian of the National Park Service

In this guide, matt Spruill recounts the story of the November 1863 battle of Chattanooga using official reports and observations by commanding officers in their own words. The book is organized in the format still used by the military on staff rides, allowing the reader to understand how the battle was fought and why leaders made the decisions they did.

Unlike other books on the battle of Chattanooga, this work guides the reader through the battlefield, allowing both visitor and armchair traveler to see the battle through the eyes of its participants. Numerous tour "stops" take the reader through the battles for Chattanooga: Wauhatchie, Lookout mountain, Orchard Knob, Missionary Ridge, and Ringgold Gap. With easy-to-follow instructions, extensive tactical maps, eyewitness accounts, and editorial analyses, the reader is transported to the center of the action. Storming the heights offers new insights and covers key ground rarely seen by visitors to Chattanooga.

The Author: A retired army colonel, matt Spruill served as a licensed battlefield guide for the national Park Service at Gettysburg Battlefield Military Park. He is the author of A Guide to the Battle of Chickamauga.