Slaughter at the Chapel Audiobook by Gary Ecelbarger

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1222/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Slaughter at the Chapel Subtitle: The Battle of Ezra Church, 1864 Author: Gary Ecelbarger Narrator: Chuck Shelby Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins Language: English Release date: 07-07-17 Publisher: University Press Audiobooks Genres: History, American Publisher's Summary: The Battle of Ezra Church was one of the deadliest engagements in the Atlanta Campaign of the Civil War and continues to be one of the least understood. Both official and unofficial reports failed to illuminate the true bloodshed of the conflict: one of every three engaged Confederates was killed or wounded, including four generals. Nor do those reports acknowledge the flaws - let alone the ultimate failure - of Confederate commander John Bell Hood's plan to thwart Union general William Tecumseh Sherman's southward advance. In an account that refutes and improves upon all other interpretations of the Battle of Ezra Church, noted battle historian Gary Ecelbarger consults extensive records, reports, and personal accounts to deliver a nuanced hour-by-hour overview of how the battle actually unfolded. His narrative fills in significant facts and facets of the battle that have long gone unexamined, correcting numerous conclusions that historians have reached about key officers' intentions and actions before, during, and after this critical contest. Slaughter at the Chapel is the most comprehensive treatment of the Battle of Ezra Church yet written, as powerful in its implications as it is compelling in its moment-to-moment details. The book is published by University of Oklahoma Press. Critic Reviews: "Most insightful and judicious account of Ezra Church." (Edward G. Longacre, author of The Early Morning of War: Bull Run, 1861) "Well written and eminently balanced in its analysis of men and events, this book will appeal to anyone interested in the military history of the Civil War." (Ethan Rafuse, author of Robert E. Lee and the Fall of the Confederacy, 1863-1865)