Johnsonville

Union Supply Operations on the Tennessee River and the Battle of Johnsonville, November 4-5, 1864

by Jerry T. Wooten

Imprint: Savas Beatie

224 Pages, 6 x 9 in, 9 maps, 51 images

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9781611215410
October 2024
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Wooten’s study includes the best and most detailed account of the battle of Johnsonville, when Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest led his cavalry through western Tennessee on a 23-day raid. On November 4–5, 1864, Forrest’s troopers attacked the Federal supply depot at Johnsonville, Tennessee, destroying tons of invaluable supplies. The complex land-water operation nearly wiped out the supply depot, severely disrupted Gen. George Thomas’s army in Nashville, and impeded his operations against John Bell Hood’s Confederate army.

As the first full-length study on Johnsonville, Wooten unearthed a wealth of new material that sheds light on the creation and strategic role of the Union supply depot, the use of railroads and logistics, and its defense by U.S. Colored Troops. His study covers the emergence of a civilian town around the depot, and the role this played in making possible the Union victories with which we are all familiar.

Johnsonville: Union Supply Operations on the Tennessee River and the Battle of Johnsonville, November 4–5, 1864 is a fresh and original contribution to the war’s historiography.

Jerry T. Wooten served as Park Manager at Johnsonville State Historic Park (2011–2016) and is currently the Park Manager at Paris Landing State Park, located along the historic Tennessee River. He holds a Ph.D. in history from Middle Tennessee State University. Dr. Wooten sits on the Tennessee Civil War Preservation Association’s Board of Directors and is a frequent speaker on the lecture circuit. This is his first book.

"This is a well written, thoroughly researched, amply illustrated, and engaging story." ~Civil War Courier

"An original and seminal work of simply outstanding and detailed scholarship..." ~Midwest Book Review

"Wooten's study offers a rather comprehensive examination of the historical legacies of persons and events related to Civil War Johnsonville. In addition to being a fine battle history, the book should be regarded as a major contribution to the ongoing study of what it took to keep Civil War armies supplied in the field. With several recent studies paying closer attention to logistical superiority as a key component of Union victory, Johnsonville's content and analysis should form a very useful part of that growing discussion, now and into the future."
~Civil War Books and Authors

"Author Jerry Wooten has written what’s likely the final word on the supply depot and the November 1864 battle. Hats off to Savas Beatie for another quality release." ~Emerging Civil War

"...this carefully researched and well written book also offers much information, a battle map and several useful diagrams of the defences from which experienced wargamers could easily devise an unusual and interesting scenario…" ~Miniature Wargames