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Conquered: Why the Army of Tennessee Failed (Civil War America) Hardcover – Illustrated, May 20, 2019

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Operating in the vast and varied trans-Appalachian west, the Army of Tennessee was crucially important to the military fate of the Confederacy. But under the principal leadership of generals such as Braxton Bragg, Joseph E. Johnston, and John Bell Hood, it won few major battles, and many regard its inability to halt steady Union advances into the Confederate heartland as a matter of failed leadership. Here, esteemed military historian Larry J. Daniel offers a far richer interpretation. Surpassing previous work that has focused on questions of command structure and the force's fate on the fields of battle, Daniel provides the clearest view to date of the army's inner workings, from top-level command and unit cohesion to the varied experiences of common soldiers and their connections to the home front. Drawing from his mastery of the relevant sources, Daniel's book is a thought-provoking reassessment of an army's fate, with important implications for Civil War history and military history writ large.
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Daniel's ecology explaining persistence and his wise appraisal of the historiographic issues makes this volume an essential read.--Choice Reviews



Much more than a straight-line, chronological recitation of events. . . . A welcome addition to the continuing analysis and discussion of the Civil War in the western theater.--Journal of America's Military Past



An excellent updated overview skillfully pieced together using a massive volume and variety of primary and secondary sources. . . . All Civil War readers will benefit from its many insights. . . . Highly recommended.--Civil War Books and Authors



Daniel immerses the reader inside the army itself where notions of sectionalism, nationalism, patriotism, and religion contribute to both combat effectiveness and influenced home front support. . . . Informative endnotes and vast bibliography demonstrates the extensive depth and breadth of his research affording the reader a vivid portrait of why the Army of Tennessee failed.--On Point

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There are too few updated works on the Army of Tennessee, and this book is a superior contribution to that neglected subject.--Andrew S. Bledsoe, author of Citizen Officers: The Union and Confederate Volunteer Junior Office Corps in the American Civil War

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The University of North Carolina Press; Illustrated edition (May 20, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 456 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1469649500
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1469649504
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.7 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.12 x 1 x 9.25 inches
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Christa Hoisington
5.0 out of 5 stars Defeated from the beginning
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2020
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Between the bickering between the army's generals, poor supply of food and good weapons it is a wonder they lasted as long as the did. The favoritism by Confederate President Davis between certain Generals is mind blowing. He did nothing in the effort of the Confederacy to prevail. They defeated before they even succeeded from the Union.
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Don W. Alexander
4.0 out of 5 stars Worth your time and effort
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2019
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First, I would recommend this book to any serious student of the Civil War in the Western Theater. It is worth reading, and it provides an interesting historiographical overview of the scholarship on the Army of Tennessee. However, at the end of the work, I am not sure I learned a lot more as to why the Army of Tennessee failed in its campaigns.
Daniel reviews a lot of reasons, ranging from leadership to organization, recruitment, morale, logistics, and geography, but other armies in the Civil War faced these issues, without leading to similar results. I think Richard McMurry's Two Great Rebel Armies probably provides a better understanding as to why the Army in Virginia had relatively more success (although in the end both failed completely).
This study is loaded with details, but often the details are not presented with useful context. For example, Daniel provides us with the number of pick axes sent to the army in a given period--but does 190 plus axes tell us how many were actually needed? The number would average about one per regiment, but how well did the number of tools sent to the army meet its needs? There is little analysis to explain the significance of the many factoids. These issues run throughout the statistical data presented--ammunition production not correlated to battlefield consumption (at least not when the actual data points are provided); horses, mules, and wagons shortages compared to actual on hand and requirements; rations issued vice rations required (and an explanation why soldiers at the same time are describing very different ration issues). Additionally, some of the tables are misleading: the table on the state-by-state breakdown of troops in the Army of Tennessee looked to be interesting, but it is not dated, and although it is certainly drawn from early war data, some explanatory information would be helpful.
I sympathize with issues concerning the provision of battle maps, but there is simply no way to provide the narrative details that Daniel gives us about the campaigns and battles without more detailed maps. I don't think Americans should be criticized for geographical ignorance if they don't know the location of the Vittetoe cabin, or many of the other locations referenced that are not precisely known to most readers. The Tullahoma campaign is described without a single map reference, and yet no one denies its strategical importance.
As with most published works, this one could have used a bit more careful editing. For a single example of the many errors, on page 323 Daniel has Hoods corps aligned for the battle of Nashville with one on the left, one in the middle, and one on the left. Not an insurmountable oversight, but one that should be caught and corrected during review.
Despite these shortcomings, readers interested in the Civil War in the West should read this work--there are new details presented, and a good presentation of the issues confronting the army I guess the reader can decide which and or how many of these issues really led to the army's defeat.
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B. SMITH
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book !!!
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2020
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Another worthy addition to the growing list of books concerning the Western Theater of the Civil War
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Helen
5.0 out of 5 stars Not much about the army of Tenn....fills a important gap
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2019
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A masterpiece of civil war research....
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Sith
4.0 out of 5 stars A very well written account of The Army of Tennessee
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2020
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This book breaks down the issues confronting the Army of Tennessee, and it does so rather well. It shows the utter failure that was the command structure, and the unique issues facing the armies in the west. I took away one star as some of the areas were a bit dry. In addition the internal problems facing the army, and its historical account seemed to be intermixed without rhyme or reason. This IMHO destroyed the narrative flow. The good news is you can skip the in-depth internal issue chapters, then go back to them without missing much, but I think book's flow could have been better. All in all a very good read and highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Larry Daniel knows the Army of Tennessee and its issues. Well done.
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2019
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Steven Peterson
4.0 out of 5 stars The curse of the Confederate Army of Tennessee
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2020
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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. He had feuds with, inter alia, Generals, Polk, Longstreet, Hill (DH--not AP), Hardee, et al. Sometimes, as before and at Chickamauga, his generals didn't obey orders or were intolerably slow to act on these.

A good read. Not necessarily earth shaking results, but a sensibly presented argument.
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stm
4.0 out of 5 stars A military history of the Confederacy's "other army"
Reviewed in Germany on May 7, 2023
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This is a military history of the „other army of the Confederacy“, the Army of Tennessee. It’s a good book, and sometimes a very good one. The book particularly shines in its depiction of the soldiers’ experience and of the army high command, its personalities, and its internal bickering.

The military history of the army’s campaigns, on the other hand, are more difficult to process due to the lack of good maps. For example, the only way I could follow the discussion of the Tullahoma and Chickamauga campaigns was by having Powell’s „Maps of Chickamauga“ open while reading this book. There are also some curious choices here. For example, the author skips the month of August 1863 and later jumps directly from McLemore’s Cove to Chickamauga.

The narrative of the military campaigns is better when having a very "birds-eye" view of strategic considerations. For example, I found Daniel's discussion of the importance of Vicksburg very succint and illuminating- what made Vicksburg such a heavy loss for the Confederacy was not the loss of the Mississippi and access to the region west of it, but the loss of Pemberton's whole army and the resulting freeing of Grant's army for operations in Tennessee and Georgia, penetrating the Confederate heartland.

All in all, this is a good book, and I recommend it to those who want to understand more about the Western theater of operations.
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Peter G Davies
4.0 out of 5 stars Stir up the campfires
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 27, 2021
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I have only recently come across this author, initially reading " Shiloh " which was outstanding. I have just finished " Conquered " which was excellent particularly in the areas of logistics and the medical field. I had no idea that there were such inter state and sectional prejudices in the Army of Tennessee. The author continually throws such new light on these areas. I have become quite a fan ! But ( isn't there always ), the proof reader, if he had served under Bragg, would surely have been shot ! Some quotes and paragraphs are repeated and on at least two occasions the Army of Tennessee is referred to as the Army of the Tennessee !!! What would Jeff Davies have said !?
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