My new book, "The Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky," has just been published by The History Press.

This book examines an important battle that helped keep Kentucky under Union control. Fought near Somerset, Kentucky, on a foggy January 19, 1862, many of the Confederates’ antiquated flintlock muskets failed to fire in the rain. The Southerners’ poor weaponry, coupled with fragmented unit cohesion, the death of Confederate General Felix Zollicoffer, and a Union counterattack, ultimately led to the rebels’ defeat.

The Federal victory at Mill Springs broke a Confederate defensive line across Kentucky, opened large sections of Tennessee to Union invasion, and provided a boost for flagging Northern morale at an important period. It was also Union General George Thomas’s first victory.

"The Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky," is available through Amazon.com, from the History Press, and local bookstores.

For more information, the Amazon link is here:
http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Springs-Kentucky-Civil-Sesquicentennial/dp/1609498291/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372525666&sr=1-1

Thank you!

Sincerely,
Stuart W. Sanders

Stuart W. Sanders is the former executive director of the Perryville Battlefield Preservation Association. He is the author of "Perryville Under Fire: The Aftermath of Kentucky’s Largest Civil War Battle," also published by The History Press. He has also contributed to multiple Civil War anthologies and many Civil War magazines, including Civil War Times Illustrated, America’s Civil War, Military History Quarterly, Hallowed Ground, Blue and Gray, and several other publications.