A Game of Nines

The first battle of the Atlanta Campaign in the Civil War was fought at Resaca, Georgia on May 13–15, 1864. It is not well known because it was short and not decisive. Union Generals Sherman and Thomas had a plan to get ahead of Johnston's Confederate army at Resaca, then race unhindered to Atlanta and shorten the war. That would have been decisive. How they were foiled is the subject of this book.