EL DORADO HILLS, CA: September 6, 2016 – Savas Beatie recently announced the release of the third and final volume in David A. Powell’s magnificent Chickamauga trilogy, The Chickamauga Campaign—Barren Victory: The Retreat into Chattanooga, the Confederate Pursuit, and the Aftermath of the Battle, September 21 to October 20, 1863, which concludes this comprehensive examination, more than a decade in the making, of one of the most important and complex military operations of the Civil War.

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Much-anticipated Final Volume in Award-winning Author
David A. Powell’s Chickamauga Campaign Trilogy Just Released
EL DORADO HILLS, CA: September 6, 2016 – Savas Beatie recently announced the
release of the third and final volume in David A. Powell’s magnificent Chickamauga
trilogy, The Chickamauga Campaign—Barren Victory: The Retreat into Chattanooga,
the Confederate Pursuit, and the Aftermath of the Battle, September 21 to October 20,
1863, which concludes this comprehensive examination, more than a decade in the
making, of one of the most important and complex military operations of the Civil War.
The first installment, A Mad Irregular Battle, introduced readers to the major characters
of this sweeping drama and carried them from the Union crossing of the Tennessee
River up through the bloody but inconclusive combat of the first and second days of the
battle. Glory or the Grave, the trilogy’s second volume, which recently won the Atlanta
Civil War Round Table’s Richard B. Harwell Award for 2016, focused on the decisive
third day of fighting that included the Confederate breakthrough and the desperate
Union final stand on Horseshoe Ridge.
Barren Victory, Powell’s final installment, examines the immediate aftermath of this great battle with
unprecedented clarity and detail. The narrative opens at dawn on Monday, September 21, 1863, with Union
commander William S. Rosecrans in Chattanooga and most of the rest of his Federal army in Rossville, Georgia.
Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg has won the signal victory of his career, but has yet to fully grasp his success.
Unfortunately for the South, three grueling days of combat have broken down the Army of Tennessee and made a
vigorous pursuit nearly impossible. In addition to carefully examining the decisions made by each army
commander and their consequences, Powell sets forth the dreadful costs of the fighting in terms of the human
suffering involved. Barren Victory concludes with the most detailed order of battle for Chickamauga ever compiled
and a comprehensive bibliography. The award-winning Chickamauga Campaign trilogy is now complete.
“I will not mince words. Dave Powell’s three-volume work on the Chickamauga Campaign represents the most
significant Western Campaign contribution since Albert Castel’s Decision in the West. The bibliography in Barren
Victory, Volume 3 of his trilogy, reveals the breadth and scope of his research. Every story has a beginning, a
middle, and an ending. In this third volume, the reader discovers how this epic story concludes. Must reading!” said
Larry J. Daniel, author of Days of Glory: The Army of the Cumberland.
“With the publication of Barren Victory, the three volumes of The Chickamauga Campaign are at last complete,”
said Powell. “I began this work in 1999 as research for a different project, little dreaming that someday those three
volumes would sit on my shelf, complete and superbly produced. I am delighted with the end result.”
About the Author: David A. Powell is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute (1983) with a BA in history. He
has published numerous articles in various magazines, and more than fifteen historical simulations of different
battles. For the past decade David’s focus has been on the epic battle of Chickamauga, and he is nationally
recognized for his tours of that important battlefield. He is also the author of The Maps of Chickamauga (2009), the
award-winning Failure in the Saddle (2010), and the first two volumes of the Chickamauga trilogy, A Mad
Irregular Battle (2014) and Glory or the Grave (2015). David and his wife Anne live and work in the northwest
suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. He is Vice President of Airsped, Inc., a specialized delivery firm.
About Savas Beatie LLC: Savas Beatie LLC is a leading military and general history publishing company. Read
more about The Chickamauga Campaign—Barren Victory and all of David’s great books at
http://tinyurl.com/ja5gcsp.
Contact: Michele Sams, Savas Beatie LLC
Email: michele@savasbeatie.com, Phone: 916-941-6896, Fax: 916-941-6895
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