TY - BOOK AU - Lundberg,John R. TI - Granbury's Texas Brigade: diehard western confederates T2 - Conflicting worlds : new dimensions of the American Civil War SN - 9780807143476 AV - E580.5.G73 L86 2012 U1 - 973.7/464 23 PY - 0000/// CY - Baton Rouge PB - Louisiana State University Press KW - Granbury, Hiram Bronson, KW - Confederate States of America KW - Army KW - Granbury's Texas Brigade KW - fast KW - American Civil War (1861-1865) KW - Military campaigns KW - Regimental histories KW - Texas KW - History KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 KW - United States KW - Campaigns N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Off to war -- Fort Donelson -- Sojourn in Arkansas -- Arkansas post -- Fighting for Vicksburg -- Prison -- A new start -- Chickamauga -- Chattanooga -- Camp life -- From Dalton to Pickett's Mill -- Stuck in the thickets of north Georgia -- Hood takes command -- The fall of Atlanta -- The interlude -- Flanking Sherman -- Spring Hill and Franklin -- Nashville -- The end of the war N2 - John R. Lundberg's compelling new military history chronicles the evolution of Granbury's Texas Brigade, perhaps the most distinguished combat unit in the Confederate Army of Tennessee. Named for its commanding officer, Brigadier General Hiram B. Granbury, the brigade fought tenaciously in the western theater even after Confederate defeat seemed certain. Granbury's Texas Brigade explores the motivations behind the unit's decision to continue to fight, even as it faced demoralizing defeats and Confederate collapse ER -