Jacob Cox

This is a book with a download to the album. BLACK BLACK BLACK is four men who have nothing to prove, thus allowing their music to pour forth uncompromised, undiluted and utterly ass-kicking. Featuring members of ex Cleveland Ohio heavy rock luminaries Disengage, Black Black Black converged in New York City, with intentions to inflict damage; this isnot music for the faint of heart. Their playing is lean, economical, no breath or gesture wasted. Live & on record, Black Black Black presents an avalanche of sound, impeccably played, with the passion of lifers. Black Black Black's emotional core is singer Jason Byers -- his searching, searing lyrics guide the righteous fury of a locked-in and battle-tested band.The rhythm section of Johnathan Swafford and Jeffrey Ottenbacher (bass and drums, respectively) erect rhythmic structures like steel girders, laying down an earthquake-proof foundation over which guitaristJacob Cox unleashes an array of methodical riffing, waves of feedback, and arabesque flourishes within deceptively melodic, and occasionally epic songs.

Often hailed as a stroke of military genius, General William T. Sherman's decision to divide his command and his subsequent, infamous march through the interior of Georgia to the Atlantic coast inaugurated the final phase of the war. General Jacob D. Cox (1828-1900) played key roles in most of the decisive actions that followed. Left with Generals Schofield and Thomas to delay Hood's advance, Cox led his men through the night and at Spring Hill he supervised the construction of the fortifications that proved so effective against Hood's assaulting columns at Franklin at Nashville his division joined the attack on the crucial Confederate position at Shy's Hill and later he finished his service with Sherman in North Carolina. It was Cox's self-professed qualities of "a bold heart, a cool head, and practical common-sense" that subsequently earned him the command of the entire Twenty-third Corps and the rank of major general. After the war, Cox applied those same attributes to his books, Sherman's Battle for Atlanta, and Sherman's March to the Sea, two volumes in the landmark series Campaigns of the Civil War. If readers are seeking concise, astute, and balanced accounts of Sherman's march to the sea, the burning of Columbia, the bloody battles of Franklin and Nashville, the oft-overlooked assault on Fort Fisher (which sealed the Confederacy from Europe), and the surrender of Johnston's Army, Cox's single volume provides all the scope, detail, and colour that these critical campaigns demand.

In 1864 Abraham Lincoln had privately predicted his defeat in the impending election, but ten days later Atlanta fell, assuring his victory. General Jacob D. Cox (1828-1900) played a key role in the Union success at Atlanta, a city of profound strategic and political significance. At Kenesaw Mountain in June, his division seized a ridge opposite the Confederate left, allowing Sherman to flank the Confederates out of their prepared position in late August Cox's men served the city's final rail line, forcing Hood's evacuation. It was Cox's self-professed qualities of "a bold heart, a cool hand, and practical common-sense" that later earned him the command of the entire Twenty-third Corps and the rank of major general. After the war, Cox applies those same attributes to his books, Sherman's Battle for Atlanta and Sherman's March to the Sea/ two volumes in the landmark series Campaigns of the Civil War. In Atlanta Cox offers readers a compact, comprehensive, and balanced history of that campaign. William T. Sherman emerges as the primary hero of events, but he does not remain unscathed by Cox's evaluation. Cox's insightful chronicle of the campaign,from the performances of Generals Johnston's evasive maneuvers through Hood's three desperate attempts to dispel the Yankees to Sherman's triumphant telegram to Washington that "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won",has endured the scrutiny of time.