This is a relatively short, compact book filled with 34 pages of photographic images, numerous battle maps, and an appendix with an excellent Order of Battle summary. General Hood’s battle strategies are explained and analyzed pertaining to his reasoning or his rationale in expert detail.
The book served as my textbook and guide as I walked the battlefield, wondering of my great grandfather’s thoughts as he was shot in the head by a minie ball. He survived this carnage but never once spoke of that day on 30 November, 1864, or of any other day in his two years in battle as a 17 year old boy.
I would also recommend Wiley Sword’s book on Franklin, The Confedracy’s Last Hurrah, as a companion piece. Both deliver, if one has the courage to know the facts. ( )

Excellent telling of the final days of the Army of Tennessee under Gen. John Bell Hood, CSA. After reading this and other civil war treatises I wonder why the fort in Texas bears Gen. Hood's name. Very readable, once started I couldn't put it down. ( )

This was a quick read. The authors did a good job of describing the battle. There was very personal information on each ot the generals listed. There was hardly any data from diary's and letters. Its basically a summary of the battle with information gleened from other noted sourcses such as Stanley Horn (The Army of Tennessee 1861-1865) and Thomas Connelly (Autumn of the Heartland and The Army of Tennessee). ( )