Reviews for War in Kentucky: From Shiloh to Perryville

The average rating for War in Kentucky: From Shiloh to Perryville based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-03-29 00:00:00 Sajil Panek James Lee McDonough's War in Kentucky: From Shiloh to Perryville is a noteworthy revisionist view of the Confederate invasion of Kentucky in 1862. McDonough provides a new perspective on the soundness of Confederate General Braxton Bragg's strategic transfer of military operations from northern Mississippi -- adroitly using railroad connections to Chattanooga -- into Kentucky in loose coordination with Edmund Kirby Smith's Army of East Tennessee. McDonough explores Bragg's strategic vision in the campaign's inception as well as the undeniable failure of its ultimate execution. The sanguine affair at Perryville was the culmination of the invasion; its only lasting effects being the relief of Federal General Don Carlos Buell by Lincoln and the manufacture of a poisonous atmosphere among Bragg and his officers. The book is well written, but suffers from too few maps of poor quality.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-02-14 00:00:00 Kimberly Hayes If you're from the Galveston-Houston area, this book is a must read. Many of the landmarks that played a key role in the Union struggle to seize this key Confederate port still exist. A lot of people live among them every day with no idea of what once happened there.