First Book in Award-winning Author David Powell’s Definitive Chickamauga Trilogy Newly Released in Paperback

EL DORADO HILLS, CA: June 3, 2016 – Savas Beatie recently announced the release of the new paperback edition of award-winning author David Powell’s popular title, The Chickamauga Campaign-A Mad Irregular Battle: From the Crossing of the Tennessee River Through the Second Day, August 22-September 19, 1863, the first in a trilogy spanning the entire campaign, soon to be completed with the release of the highly anticipated third volume this September.

The second largest battle of the Civil War, the bloody combat between the Union Army of the Cumberland and the Confederate Army of Tennessee along the banks of West Chickamauga Creek produced 35,000 casualties and one of the last clear-cut Confederate tactical victories. Despite its size, importance, and fascinating cast of characters, this epic Western Theater battle has received but scant attention. Powell masterfully rectifies this oversight here. His magnificent study fully explores the battle from all perspectives and is based upon fifteen years of intensive study and research, all stitched together to relate the remarkable story that was Chickamauga. Here, finally, readers will absorb the thoughts and deeds of hundreds of the battle’s veterans, many of whom they have never before heard of or read about.

“Award-winning author David Powell has already made a name for himself with his two previous Chickamauga-related books,” said Lee White, Park Ranger at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. “…Powell’s monumental contribution is based upon some 2,000 sources and a deep familiarity with the battlefield. The result is a clearly written and intimately detailed account of this complex engagement from its earliest roots through the night of September 19, 1863…No one will ever look at Chickamauga the same way again.”

“I am delighted that A Mad Irregular Battle—Volume I of the Chickamauga Campaign Trilogy—is now available once again, having been re-issued in paperback, thanks to the sustained interest of the Civil War readership,” said Powell. “The timing couldn’t be better, as Volume III, completing the series, will appear in September, making all three volumes readily available once again.”

About the Author: David A. Powell is a 1983 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute with a B.A. in history. David has written numerous articles for a variety of magazines and more than fifteen historical simulations of various battles, and he regularly leads tours of the Chickamauga battlefield. His previous books include The Maps of Chickamauga: An Atlas of the Chickamauga Campaign (2009), and Failure in the Saddle: Nathan Bedford Forrest, Joseph Wheeler, and the Confederate Cavalry in the Chickamauga Campaign (2010), the recipient of the Atlanta Civil War Round Table’s Richard B. Harwell Award.

About Savas Beatie LLC: Savas Beatie LLC is a leading military and general history publishing company. Read more about A Mad Irregular Battle, including excerpts, an interview with the author, and details on the new paperback edition: http://tinyurl.com/kf92xwm.

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