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The Battle of Ezra Church and the Struggle for Atlanta

by Earl J. Hess
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Fought on July 28, 1864, the Battle of Ezra Church was a dramatic engagement during the Civil War's Atlanta campaign. Confederate forces under John Bell Hood desperately fought to stop William T. Sherman's advancing armies as they tried to cut the last Confederate supply line into the city. Confederates under General Stephen D. Lee nearly overwhelmed the Union right flank, but Federals under General Oliver O. Howard decisively repelled every attack. After five hours of struggle, 5,000 Confederates lay dead and wounded, while only 632 Federals were lost. The result was another major step in Sherman's long effort to take Atlanta.
Hess's compelling study is the first book-length account of the fighting at Ezra Church. Detailing Lee's tactical missteps and Howard's vigilant leadership, he challenges many common misconceptions about the battle. Richly narrated and drawn from an array of unpublished manuscripts and firsthand accounts, Hess's work sheds new light on the complexities and significance of this important engagement, both on and off the battlefield.

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    May 18, 2015

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    • Library Journal

      May 1, 2015

      Civil War scholar Hess (history, Lincoln Memorial Univ.; The Union Soldier in Battle) presents a detailed revisionist history of the Battle of Ezra Church, one of three key confrontations for control of Atlanta that prefaced Union general William Tecumseh Sherman's famous March to the Sea in 1864. This first book-length study of the battle challenges a longstanding contention, based on comparative casualty figures, that Confederate soldiers had little chance to prevail in their offensive against the lines of Union general Oliver Otis Howard. With a detailed and fascinating analytical narrative, Hess demonstrates that the real battle was staged at the tactical level. From that point of view, Gen. Stephen D. Lee's Confederates effectively challenged Howard's Northern troops. Hess, author of many other volumes on the Civil War and the Atlanta Campaign, successfully places Ezra Church in the context of the broader strategic conflict of which it was a part. Additionally, this work helps readers understand the struggle as experienced by the soldiers who fought it at close range with little weaponry other than what was in their hands. VERDICT Based on extensive archival and library research, this work is a model of well-written Civil War history. Recommended for regional collections in the South as well as libraries with significant focus on military history, especially of the Civil War.--Charles K. Piehl, Minnesota State Univ., Mankato

      Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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