Let Us Die Like Men

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"John Bell Hood had done his job too well. In the fall of 1864, the commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee had harassed Federal forces in north Georgia so badly that the Union commander, William T. Sherman, decided to abandon his position. During his subsequent March to the Sea, Sherman's men lived off the land and made Georgia howl. Rather than confront the larger Federal force directly, Hood chose instead to strike northward into Tennessee. There, he hoped to cripple the Federal supply infrastructure and the Federal forces that still remained therethe Army of the Cumberland under George Thomas. Hood hoped to defeat Thomass army in detail and force Sherman to come northward to the rescue." -- page 4 of cover