This was a fictional account of said battle. It was very dry, as I find much military history. I thought by reading it in novel form it would be more interesting, but not so much! In summary, the Confederates were successful, but at a great price in lives that they could ill afford. Many have said this victory was the death knell for the Confederates. General Bragg claimed the victory and left the battlefield to retake Chattanooga from U.S. Grant; which he failed to do. Grant cleared Chattanooga for General Sherman to make his way through the south. 352 pages ( )

Chickamauga by Blair Howard is a novel based on real events during the battle of Chickamauga, near Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is one of the rawest, closest to reality account of what may be going through the minds of everyone involved. It also gives the reader a sense of what it must have been like during the battle: the smoke, the dead and dying, the soldiers and the noise. Blair Howard is a brilliant writer with an impeccable imagination and writing style. Once you begin to read the book, he grabs your attention and pulls you straight into the story. You will be so immersed in the story to want to put it down at all. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I also liked that every other chapter is dedicated first to one side's perspective and then the other's. It allows you to know what is going on all around. The only downside that I personally had was that at the beginning, I did not know that each chapter was about either the Confederate point of view or the Federal point of view. I couldn't keep track of who was who. I am going to reread this book because it so so good. This is one of my absolute favorite books now. * I was provided with a free copy of this book so I could give an honest review. ( )