David Powell, The Chickamauga Campaign Trilogy, All 1st eds., Signed

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Chickamauga, according to soldier rumor, is a Cherokee word meaning “River of Death.” 

It certainly lived up to that grim sobriquet in September 1863 when the Union Army of the Cumberland and Confederate Army of Tennessee waged bloody combat along the banks of West Chickamauga Creek. Here, award-winning author David Powell embraces a fresh approach that explores Chickamauga as a three-day battle, rather than the two-day affair it has long been considered, with September 18 being key to understanding how the fighting developed the next morning. The second largest battle of the Civil War produced 35,000 casualties and one of the last clear-cut Confederate tactical victories—a triumph that for a short time reversed a series of Rebel defeats and reinvigorated the hope for Southern independence. At issue was Chattanooga, the important “gateway to the South” and logistical springboard into Georgia.

Despite its size, importance, and fascinating cast of characters, this epic Western Theater battle has received but scant attention. Powell masterfully rectifies this oversight with the first of three installments spanning the entire campaign. 

Here we offer all three of the books that comprise David Powell’s The Chickamauga Campaign. 

All are v.g., Signed, First Edition Copies, Near Fine condition. 

Powell, David A. THE CHICKAMAUGA CAMPAIGN: A MAD, IRREGULAR BATTLE: FROM THE CROSSING OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER THROUGH THE SECOND DAY, AUGUST 22- SEPTEMBER 19, 1863.  El Dorado Hills, CA: 2014. 1^st ed., 697p., illus., maps.

Powell, David A. THE CHICKAMAUGA CAMPAIGN: GLORY OR THE GRAVE. THE BREAKTHROUGH, THE UNION COLLAPSE, AND THE DEFENSE OF HORSESHOE RIDGE. El Dorado Hills, CA: 2015. 1^st ed., 725p., illus., maps.

Powell, David A. THE CHICKAMAUGA CAMPAIGN: BARREN VICTORY. THE RETREAT INTO CHATTANOOGA, THE CONFEDERATE PURSUIT, AND THE AFTERMATH OF THE BATTLE, SEPTEMBER 21 TO OCTOBER 20, 1863. El Dorado Hills, CA: 2016. 1^st ed., 379p., illus., maps.