The only published book-length study of the Atlanta Campaign is Jacob D.
Cox’s _Atlanta_ (New York, 1882; new edition, 1963). More detailed
accounts may be found in two doctoral dissertations: Richard M. McMurry,
“The Atlanta Campaign, December 23, 1863, to July 18, 1864,” and Errol
MacGregor Clauss, “The Atlanta Campaign, 18 July-2 September 1864.” Both
were written at Emory University, the former in 1967 and the latter in
1965, and both are available on microfilm from University Microfilms,
Ann Arbor, Mich. In addition, the _Georgia Historical Quarterly_ and
_Civil War Times Illustrated_ have published numerous articles dealing
with specialized aspects of the campaign.
Good books by participants include Paul M. Angle, ed., _Three Years in
the Army of the Cumberland: The Letters and Diary of Major James A.
Connolly_ (Bloomington, 1959); John B. Hood, _Advance and Retreat:
Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate Armies_ (New
Orleans, 1880; new edition, Bloomington, 1959); Joseph E. Johnston,
_Narrative of Military Operations During the Late War Between the
States_ (New York, 1874; new edition, Bloomington, 1959); Albert D.
Kirwan, ed., _Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade: The Journal of a
Confederate Soldier_ (Lexington, Ky., 1956); Milo M. Quaife, ed., _From
the Cannon’s Mouth: The Civil War Letters of General Alpheus S.
Williams_ (Detroit, 1959); John M. Schofield, _Forty-Six Years in the
Army_ (New York, 1897); William T. Sherman, _Memoirs of General William
T. Sherman, by Himself_ (2 vols., New York, 1875; new, 1-vol. edition,
Bloomington, 1957); U.S. War Department, comp., _War of the Rebellion:
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies_ (128 vols.,
Washington, D.C., 1880-1901), Series 1, vol. 38; Sam R. Watkins, “Co.
Aytch,” _Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment; or, A Side Show of the
Big Show_ (Chattanooga, 1900; new edition, Jackson, Tenn., 1952); and
Charles W. Wills, _Army Life of an Illinois Soldier ..._ (Washington,
D.C., 1906).