Three Paths to Glory

Dean Urdahl

• Publisher: North Star Press of St. Cloud
• Year: 2015
• eBook ISBN: 9780878398249
• Edition: 0

Three Paths to Glory is the story of three regiments in the American Civil War:  the 2nd and 5th Minnesota and the 1st Tennessee. It follows each of the regiments through the war through the eyes of men serving in them. Clinton Cilley, of the 2nd Minnesota will be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, Jimmy Dunn of the 5th fights bravely in the Indian wars and at the Battle of Nashville. Sam Davis of the 1st Tennessee is remembered as the "Boy Hero of the Confederacy" for his gallant and noble deeds. We follow their exploits through their respective regiments. While historical fiction, this book is extensively researched and the events and people are accurately portrayed. The grime, grit and valor of service in his deciding point of American history is part of the story.

Table of contents

• Foreword
• Wasioja
• Sam Davis
• 2nd Minnesota Regiment
• Jimmy Dunn Chatfield
• Middle Tennessee
• Kentucky
• Mill Springs
• The Adventure Begins
• Into Virginia
• To Shiloh
• Corinth, Mississippi
• Sherman’s Camp
• Michie’s Farm
• Shiloh Church
• The Battle of Shiloh
• The Battle of Shiloh
• The March to Corinth
• April at Fort Ridgely
• The Siege at Corinth
• Mary Kate Patterson
• After Corinth
• Fort Ridgely
• Bragg on the Move
• Fort Ridgely
• Redwood Ferry
• Bragg in Chattanooga
• Attack on Fort Ridgely
• Middle Tennessee
• The Fifth at Corinth and Minnesota
• Into Kentucky
• Perryville
• Kate Patterson
• Aftermath
• Murfreesboro Stones River
• The Vicksburg Campaign
• The Tullahoma Campaign
• Vicksburg Falls
• Sam Joins the Coleman Scouts
• Chattanooga
• With the Coleman Scouts
• Chickamauga
• Chickamauga, Day Two
• Sam Davis as a Scout
• The Fight for Chattanooga
• Sam Davis
• Chattanooga
• The Battle for Missionary Ridge
• The Trial of Sam Davis
• The Interlude
• Terms
• Sources