tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post5272664425679541982..comments2024-03-25T14:51:02.583-07:00Comments on Civil War Books and Authors: Review - "Into Tennessee and Failure: John Bell Hood" by Stephen DavisDW@CWBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-90158874409650933352020-11-18T14:04:07.382-08:002020-11-18T14:04:07.382-08:00For a lengthy review/diatribe about the book, see ...For a lengthy review/diatribe about the book, see Stephen "Sam" Hood's two-star review on Amazon. I was expecting some comment from him here, but he had already discharged grape and canister on Amazon.<br /><br />Phil LeDuc Phil LeDuchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572607157099691846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-73544469765832680152020-11-17T06:18:55.470-08:002020-11-17T06:18:55.470-08:00Drew: Thanks for the (as usual) thorough and objec...Drew: Thanks for the (as usual) thorough and objective review. The first book is well-done and contains a number of useful insights - not surprising given Steve Davis's long immersion in the Atlanta Campaign. Based on this review, I'll be adding the second volume to the library. John Foskettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-71094338083205827242020-11-12T18:02:36.739-08:002020-11-12T18:02:36.739-08:00Hi John,
Rough drafts of reviews are often written...Hi John,<br />Rough drafts of reviews are often written many weeks before they appear in final form on the site, and that isn't a particular detail that I can recall. <br /><br />In the Franklin assault vs. Pickett's Charge comparison that he discusses in the book, Davis believes both attacks had roughly the same expectations when it came to chances of success, and he feels both deserve aDW@CWBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-7396046467518284962020-11-12T17:50:37.902-08:002020-11-12T17:50:37.902-08:00Thanks for the thorough review, Drew. Does Davis a...Thanks for the thorough review, Drew. Does Davis address the fact that Hood had a meeting before the Franklin battle with Cheatham, Cleburne, and Forrest (and possibly Stewart), and these generals opposed the attack as foolhardy? If so, I think it is more foresight than hindsight that the attack was a spectacular failure, resulting in the needless casualties of thousands of men, including the John Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891366329246256570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-20961251854885778512020-11-12T15:47:49.690-08:002020-11-12T15:47:49.690-08:00Very general. Just single maps of some of the batt...Very general. Just single maps of some of the battles and larger scale area maps showing march and retreat routes.DW@CWBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-13161787528830444902020-11-12T14:36:16.252-08:002020-11-12T14:36:16.252-08:00How are the maps?How are the maps?wadepmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16543672825372196021noreply@blogger.com