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General Gordon Granger: The Savior Of Chickamauga And The Man Behind Juneteenth (Leadership In Action)
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This Is The First Fulllength Biography Of The Civil War General Who Saved The Union Army From Catastrophic Defeat At The Battle Of Chickamauga, And Went On To Play Major Roles In The Chattanooga And Mobile Campaigns. Immediately After The War, As Commander Of U.S. Troops In Texas, His Actions Sparked The Juneteenth Celebrations Of Slaverys End, Which Continue To This Day.Grangers First Battle Was At Wilsons Creek, Missouri, And He Soon Thereafter Rose Through The Rankscavalry, Then Infantryin Early 1863 Vying With Forrest And Van Dorn For Control Of Central Tennessee. The Artillery Platform He Erected At Franklin, Dubbed Fort Granger, Would Soon Overlook The Death Knell Of The Main Confederate Army In The West.Grangers First Fame, However, Came At Chickamauga, When The Rebel Army Of Tennessee Came Within A Hairsbreadth Of Destroying The Union Army Of The Cumberland. Without Orderseven Defying Themgranger Marched His Reserve Corps To The Scene Of The Hottest Action, Where Thomas Was Just Barely Holding On With The Rump Of Rosecrans Army. Bringing Fresh Ammunition And Hurling His Men Against Longstreets Oncoming Legions, Granger Provided Just Enough Breathing Space To Prevent That Union Defeat From Becoming The Worst Openfield Battle Disgrace Of The War.Granger Was Then Given Command Of A Full Infantry Corps, But Just Proved Too Odd Of A Fellow To Promote Further. At Chattanooga He Got On The Nerves Of U.S. Grant For Going Off To Shoot Cannons Instead Of Commanding His Troops (Hed Actually Indulged This Impulse Also At Chickamauga) And Sherman Had No Use For Him Either. So He Went Down To Join Farragut In The Conquest Of Mobile, Alabama, Leading Land Operations Against The Confederate Forts.This Longoverdue Biography Sheds Fascinating New Light On A Colorful Commander Who Fought Through The War In The West From Its First Major Battles To Its Last, And Even Left His Impact On The Reconstruction Beyond.Table Of Contentspreface And Acknowledgmentsintroduction: Him That Holds On To The End1 Early Life And West Point2 Mexico And The Frontier3 Civil War4 General Granger5 Chickamauga6 Chattanooga7 East Tennessee8 Mobile9 Juneteenth10 Postwar Service In The South And West11 Final Tourepiloguebibliographyindex
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