This brilliant campaign nearly cleared the state of Rebels and changed the calculus of the Civil War in the Western Theater, however, few people today even know about it.
David A. Powell is a 1983 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and the award-winning author of many books, including The Chickamauga Campaign trilogy. His newest undertaking is a five-volume study of the Atlanta Campaign, the first volume of which, The Atlanta Campaign: Volume 1: Dalton to Cassville, May 1-19, 1864, will be out summer 2024.