Chapter 1 Strategic Positions prior to the Campaign Chapter 2 Confederate Defenses on the Red River, 1863-64 Chapter 3 Preparations Chapter 4 Anabasis Chapter 5 Through the Howling Wilderness Chapter 6 I Will Fight Banks If He Has a Million Men Chapter 7 The Safety of Our Whole Country Depends upon It Chapter 8 Steele's Dilemma Chapter 9 Katabasis Chapter 10 Colonel Bailey's Dam Chapter 11 Requiem for a Blunder
Gary Dillard Joiner is instructor of history and director of the Red River Regional Studies Center at Louisiana State University.
Historians have seldom taken on the complex history of the unique
and relatively unknown Red River campaign, perhaps because it is
such a sprawling, swampy tangle of blunders on both sides. Writing
in a clear and unembellished style, Gary Dillard Joiner scouts
readers into that tangle and brings them out again not only
illuminated, but exhilarated.
*David Madden, founding director, United States Civil War Center at
LSU*
Even seasoned Civil War scholars know little about the
all-but-forgotten Red River Campaign of 1864. With skillful
research and an intimate understanding into the geopolitical
dynamics of waging civil war in the Red River Valley, Gary Dillard
Joiner provides a detailed and long-needed modern analysis of this
controversial and sadly neglecetd campaign. The result is military
history at its best.
*Stacy D. Allen, historian, Shiloh National Military Park*
The reader of this fine and detailed monograph will agree with
Sherman that the generally overlooked Red River campaign was 'one
damn blunder from beginning to end.'
*Military Heritage*
Highly recommended reading for anyone interested in the
Trans-Mississippi theater and 1864 campaigns in general.
*North and South*
Historian and avid researcher Gary Dillard Joiner possesses a keen
regional familiarity that enabled him to author a masterful
narrative history of the 1864 Red River Campaign. This is one of
the Civil War's major amphibious operations, and Joiner's
appreciation of the river's vagaries, and his deep knowledge of
naval vessels, riverboats, and personnel provide a special
dimension.
*Edwin Bearss, Chief Historian Emeritus, National Park Service*
Uniquely qualified to write of this region with a level of intimacy
seldom seen in Civil War historiography, Joiner demonstrates a deep
appreciation for the geography of the region and a thorough
understanding of the economic, social, and military complexities
that make this story so fascinating. Richly spiced with photographs
and maps, One Damn Blunder from Beginning to End will enthrall
you.
*Terrence J. Winschel, historian, Vicksburg National Military Park,
author of Triumph and Defeat, Vicksburg: Fall of the Confederate
Gibraltar, and Vicksburg Is the Key*
Joiner's book is a well-written overview.
*Military History Of The West*
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