title: Tennessee in the Civil War: Selected Contemporary Accounts of Military and Other Events, Month by Month
author:  James B. Jones Jr. 
description: "quite readable and interesting...many valuable nuggets...an excellent tool for teachers in the Volunteer State...unique...highly recommended"--<i>Civil War News</i>; "recommended"--<i>ARBA</i>; "invaluable...with this book, Jim Jones and McFarland have performed a real service for the Civil war community"--<i>North &amp; South</i>; "this tome is a major contribution to Tennessee Civil War history, presenting it in a robust and unique fashion that is factually informative, thought provoking and at intervals genuinely entertaining...essential reading"--<i>The Courier</i>.
zlib_text: DECISION IN THE HEARTLAND
  
  DECISION IN THE HEARTLAND
  The Civil War in the West
  ij
  STEVEN E. WOODWORTH
  Reﬂections on the Civil War Era
  John David Smith, Series Editor
  
  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  Woodworth, Steven E.
  Decision in the heartland : the Civil War in the West / By Steven E. Woodworth.
  p.
  cm. — (Reﬂections on the Civil War era, ISSN 1939–649X)
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  ISBN: 978–0–275–98759–6 (alk. paper)
  1. Tennessee—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Campaigns.
  2. Georgia—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Campaigns.
  3. Mississippi River
  Valley—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Campaigns.
  4. Military geography—United
  States—History—19th century.
  5. United States—Strategic aspects.
  6. Southern
  States—Strategic aspects.
  I. Title.
  E470.4.W65
  2008
  973.7′45—dc22
  2007041298
  British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
  Copyright C⃝ 2008 by Steven E. Woodworth
  All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
  reproduced, by any process o