Vicksburg: Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy

Vicksburg: Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy

â€œA superb accountâ€ (The Wall Street Journal) of the longest and most decisive military campaign of the Civil War in Vicksburg, Mississippi, which opened the Mississippi River, split the Confederacy, freed tens of thousands of slaves, and made Ulysses S. Grant the most important general of the war.

Vicksburg, Mississippi, was the last stronghold of the Confederacy on the Mississippi River. It prevented the Union from using the river for shipping between the Union-controlled Midwest and New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico. The Union navy tried to take Vicksburg, which sat on a high bluff overlooking the river, but couldnâ€™t do it. It took Grantâ€™s army and Admiral David Porterâ€™s navy to successfully invade Mississippi and lay siege to Vicksburg, forcing the city to surrender.

In this â€œelegantâ€¦enlighteningâ€¦well-researched and well-toldâ€ (Publishers Weekly) work, Donald L. Miller tells the full story of this year-long campaign to win the city â€œwith probing intelligence and irresistible passionâ€ (Booklist). He brings to life all the drama, characters, and significance of Vicksburg, a historic moment that rivals any war story in history. In the course of the campaign, tens of thousands of slaves fled to the Union lines, where more than twenty thousand became soldiers, while others seized the plantations they had been forced to work on, destroying the economy of a large part of Mississippi and creating a social revolution. With Vicksburg â€œMiller has produced a model work that ties together military and social historyâ€ (Civil War Times).

Vicksburg solidified Grantâ€™s reputation as the Unionâ€™s most capable general. Today no general would ever be permitted to fail as often as Grant did, but ultimately he succeeded in what he himself called the most important battle of the warâ€”the one that all but sealed the fate of the Confederacy.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2019-10-29
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781451641370

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2019-10-29
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781451641370

Vicksburg: Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy

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