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• Date Posted: 11/04/09

This Terrible Sound: The Battle of Chickamauga by Peter Cozzens (copyright 1992). This edition (copyright 1996) is part of The Library of the Civil War series from Easton Press. The books of this series, which are now out-of-print, have perhaps the most beautiful bindings that Easton Press has ever produced, and the frontispiece of each volume reproduces a Civil War painting by Mort Kunstler. This book is in mint condition, still in its original shrink-wrap.
Easton Press volumes are among the most beautiful and durable books available today. Each volume is bound in genuine leather with a hubbed spine and accented with 22-karat gold, and printed on acid-neutral paper. The Smyth-sewn pages have gilded edges and are complemented by a sewn-in satin ribbon page marker and distinctive endleaves.
When North and South met among the desolate mountains of northwester Georgia in 1863, they began one of the bloodiest and most decisive campaigns of the Civil War. The cllimactic Battle of Chickamauga lasted just two days, yet it was nearly as costly as Gettysburg, with casualties among the highest in the war. In this study of the campaign, the most comprehensive account ever written on Chickamauga, Peter Cozzens presents a vivid narrative about an engagement that was crucial to the outcome of the war in the West.
Drawing upon a wealth of previously untapped sources, Cozzens offers startling new interpretations that challenge the conventional wisdom on key moments of the battle. Chickamauga was a battle of missed opportunities, stupendous tactical blunders, and savage fighting by the men in ranks. Cozzens writes movingly of both the heroism and suffering of the common soldiers and of the strengths and tragic flaws by their commanders.
From the New York Times Book Review: "Expertly renders the furious ebb and flow of the two-day battle capturing both the evolving strategies of each side and the horrendous experience of the fight...This Terrible Sound is built upon a bonanza of primary research, with the author having combed hundreds of diaries, letters, memoirs, interviews, official reports and regimental histories. The individual voices and the rich experiences they represent are unforgettably presented here."
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