TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sword,Wiley
TI  - Mountains touched with fire: Chattanooga besieged, 1863 
SN  - 0312118597
AV  - E 475.97 .S92 1995
PY  - 1995///
CY  - New York
PB  - St. Martin's Press
KW  - Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-420) and index
N2  - Historian Wiley Sword offers a richly detailed account that captures the vivid personalities behind the battle for Chattanooga. Grant, Thomas, Bragg, William Tecumseh Sherman, Phil Sheridan, William Rosecrans, Pat Cleburne, Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln - all come alive in a narrative that combines furious battle action with behind-the-scenes political maneuvering and astute analysis. Sword's storytelling gifts are augmented by a wealth of contemporary sources - including diaries, letters, and other unpublished material - where generals, officers, soldiers, and politicians offer their perspectives. A saga of war, power, charged rivalries, and small cogs driving great events, Mountains Touched With Fire tells the absorbing story of a turning point in American history
ER  -