DETOUR TO DISASTER: General John Bell Hood's "Slight Demonstration" at Decatur and the Unravelling of the Tennessee Campaign

In this fascinating and meticulously detailed and documented account--the first book-length study of the weighty decision to march to Decatur and the combat that followed there--Carpenter investigates the circumstances surrounding these matters and how they overwhelmed the controversial young army commander and potentially doomed his daring invasion. 16 pages of photos.