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Thomas Burr Fisher was one of five brothers who served, between them, in the Fourth and Eleventh Tennessee Cavalry Regiments, Confederate States Army, with remarkable devotion. Using Fisher's two memoirs (one untitled, written in 1915, and "Life on the Common Level," written in 1921), his correspondence, records, and other material, along with the wartime diary of his brother William Fisher and extensive original research, the history of the Western Cavalry is recounted here.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of ContentsMaps and Illustrations Preface Introduction 1. The Beginning, Secession through 1862
2..The Year 1863 through Streight's Raid, January 3-May 3, 1863
3. Through the Chickamauga Holocaust, May 4-October 29, 1863
4. Chattanooga, Knoxville, and into the Atlanta Campaign, October 30, 1863-July 22, 1864
5. The Siege of Atlanta and Wheeler's Tennessee Raid, July 23-September 2, 1864
6. The Fall of Atlanta, Sherman's March, and Surrender in the East, August 25, 1864-May 19, 1865
7. Hood's Tennesssee Campaign: Debacle at Spring Hill, November 16-29, 1864
8. Hood's Tennessee Campaign: Disasters at Franklin and Nashville, November 30-December 16, 1864
9. Hood's Tennessee Campaign: Retreat, December 16-27, 1864
10. Redeployment and Wilson's Alabama Campaign, December 28, 1864-April 12, 1865
11. An Army in Bivouac; Surrender and Home, April 12-May 25, 1865
Epilogue Appendix A Appendix B Notes Bibliography Index
Über den Autor / die Autorin
John E. Fisher lives in Falls Church, Virginia.
Zusammenfassung
Thomas Burr Fisher was one of five brothers who served, between them, in the 4th and 11th Tennessee Cavalry Regiments, Confederate States Army. Using Fisher's two memoirs, his correspondence, records, the wartime diary of his brother William Fisher and extensive original research, the history of the Western Cavalry is recounted.
