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The Vicksburg Campaign, March 27-May 18, 1863
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Ulysses S. Grant's ingenious campaign to capture the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River was one of the most decisive events of the Civil War and one of the most storied military e...
Ulysses S. Grant's ingenious campaign to capture the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River was one of the most decisive events of the Civil War and one of the most storied military expeditions in American history. The ultimate victory at Vicksburg effectively cut the Confederacy in two, gave control of the river to Union forces, and delivered a devastating blow from which the South never fully recovered. Editors Steven E. Woodworth and Charles D. Grear have assembled essays by prominent and emerging scholars, who contribute astute analysis of this famous campaign's most.
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- edited by Steven E. Woodworth and Charles D. Grear
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- English
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- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2013
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- 1 online resource (pages cm)
- ISBNs
- 9780809332700, 0809332701, 9780809332694, 0809332698, 9780809332694
- OCLC
- ocn867740011
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Running the gauntlet: the effectiveness of combined forces in the Vicksburg Campaign / Gary D. Joiner -- "Through the heart of rebel country": the history and memory of Grierson's Raid / Charles D. Grear -- "In the enemy's country": Port Gibson and the turning point of the Vicksburg Campaign / Jason M. Frawley -- Roads to Raymond / J. Parker Hills -- The first capture and occupation of Jackson, Mississippi / Steven E. Woodworth -- "I am too late": Joseph E. Johnston and the Vicksburg Campaign / John R. Lundberg -- Grant, McClernand, and Vicksburg: a clash of personalities and backgrounds / Michael B. Ballard -- "Developed by circumstances": Grant, intelligence, and the Vicksburg Campaign / William B. Feis -- "A victory could hardly have been more complete": the Battle of Big Black River Bridge / Timothy B. Smith -- The "stealing tour": soldiers and civilians in Grant's march to Vicksburg / Steven Nathaniel Dossman -- Politics, policy, and General Grant: Clausewitz on the operational art as practiced in the Vicksburg Campaign / Paul L. Schmelzer