Stone's River: The Turning-Point of the Civil War

"Stone's River: The Turning-Point of the Civil War" by Wilson J. Vance

Confederate enterprise, energy, and expectation were at their peak in 1862. No other year saw the South with so promising prospects, with plans of the campaign so bold, with such resources, both latent and developed. The armies were at their fullest strength, for the flower of her youth had not yet been destroyed in battle. Want and hunger had not yet begun to chill the hearts of her people.