Shrouds of Glory: From Atlanta to Nashville: The Last Great Campaign of the Civil War

✍ Scribed by Groom, Winston

• Book ID: 108510342
• Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 3 MB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 0802140610

✦ Synopsis

Winston Groom focuses on Confederate General John Bell Hood's decisive actions in the western theater of operations during the final moments of the Civil War. The rich narrative takes us on a journey through the ravaged South to the once-vibrant city of Nashville, where General Hood makes a last, futile attempt to preserve the Confederacy.

Shrouds of Glory brings the reader into the general's tent, where Grant, Sherman, Lee, and others plot out their often unorthodox strategies for winning the war. At its center is the courageous but reckless Hood, prematurely thrust into the spotlight by a combination of destiny and fate. We witness the unlikely rise of this young Confederate, who graduated 44th out of a class of 52 at West Point, as he overcomes a nearly fatal amputation of his shattered leg and eventually devises a strategy to turn the tide of the war. From the fall of Atlanta, during which Hood assumed command, to the eventual decimation of his troops on the outskirts...