{"product_id":"outwitting-forrest-the-tupelo-campaign-in-mississippi-june-22-july-23-1864-9781611216707","title":"Outwitting Forrest: The Tupelo Campaign in Mississippi, June 22 - July 23, 1864","description":"Few students of the Civil War know that legendary historian Edwin C. Bearss produced a classic study on the little-known but significant Tupelo Campaign. The fighting in Mississippi was overshadowed by Nathan Bedford Forrest's more spectacular victory at Brice's Crossroads a month earlier. Bearss performed the research and writing for the Department of the Interior in 1969, and only a handful of softcover copies were circulated. It is published here for the first time, with the assistance of award-winning author David A. Powell, as \u003ci\u003eOutwitting Forrest: The Tupelo Campaign in Mississippi, June 22-July 23, 1864\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe engagement came about when Maj. Gen. A. J. Smith marched a Federal expeditionary force (his XVI Army Corps) into northern Mississippi in early July 1864. The thrust forced a response, the largest of which was delivered by the combined Confederate cavalry of Stephen D. Lee (who was in general command) and Forrest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tactical result was a Union defensive success. The larger Confederate strategic play, however--one that might have impacted the course of the war in the Western Theater--would have been to unleash Forrest on a raid into Middle Tennessee to destroy the single line of railroad track feeding and supplying the Union armies of William T. Sherman in his ongoing operations around Atlanta. Instead, his troopers were contained within the Magnolia State, where his combat effectiveness was severely curtailed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditor Powell has left Bearss's prose and notes intact, while adding additional sources and commentary of his own. The result is an exceptional study that has finally been made available to the general reading public as part of the Savas Beatie Battles \u0026amp; Leaders Series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Savas Beatie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611216707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192","brand":"Edwin C. Bearss","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43112103739573,"sku":"9781611216707","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4e751c99-fe31-4db5-b61b-aa9b2aff30cd.jpg?v=1693928774","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/outwitting-forrest-the-tupelo-campaign-in-mississippi-june-22-july-23-1864-9781611216707","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}