The McCook-Stoneman raid - Hardcover

Mathews, Byron H

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805922792 ISBN 13: 9780805922790

Publisher: Dorrance, 1976

Synopsis

Account of General Joseph Wheeler’s interception of Sherman’s forces led by McCook and Stoneman, resulting in a complete rout of the divisions of Federal cavalry. Chapters The White House, Seventy-four Days, Hood Takes Over, Night March, The Battle of Atlanta, The Die is Cast, Forward Ho, The Battle of Ezra Church, Over the River, A Costly Delay, Retrograde Ride Unexpected Guests, The Battle of Brown’s Mill, Run for the River, After the Storm, Macon and Return, The Battle of Sunshine Church, Mulberry River, Anxious Days, A Stubborn Defense, A Delicate Maneuver, The Battle of Jonesboro, Fire of the Phoenix, A City Fairly Won, The Campaign Ends. Includes Confederate defense of railroads in Newnan and Macon, Georgia. The Confederacy attached Stoneman near Macon and almost annihilated his command before it could escape. General Sherman became convinced that this cavalry could not, or would not, make a sufficient lodgment on the railroad below Atlanta.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dorrance
• Publication date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805922792
• ISBN 13: 9780805922790
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 189