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Guide to the Vicksburg Campaign by Stephen Bowman (1998, PB) 1st Printing, LN
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- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- Edition
- First Printing
- Vintage
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- ISBN
- 9780700609239
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
ISBN-10
0700609237
ISBN-13
9780700609239
eBay Product ID (ePID)
508958
Product Key Features
Book Title
Guide to the Vicksburg Campaign
Number of Pages
496 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Museums, Tours, Points of Interest
Publication Year
1998
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, History
Book Series
U. S. Army War College Guides to Civil War Battles Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
20.5 Oz
Item Length
8.6 in
Item Width
5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
98-008423
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"These guides are the most thorough, detailed, and accurate books of their kind. Indeed, they are unique. I have used them to lead guided tours of several battlefields, with great success."James M. McPherson , author of Battle Cry of Freedom: The Era of the Civil War "I most highly recommend this important and valuable series of guidebooks."Herman Hattaway , coauthor of How the North Won the Civil War and Why the South Lost the Civil War "These guides bridge the gap between sound military history and battlefield touring literature. They can be enjoyed without ever leaving the easy chair or they can become indispensable companions on tramps over the scenes of the greatest engagements of the Civil War."William C. Davis , author of Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour and former editor of Civil War Times Illustrated, "Good historians can write for both the specialist and the general reader, as this excellent addition to the US Army War Colleges Guides to Civil War Battlesshows. It provides itineraries for driving tours of the campaign and of the siege lines and, best of all, it offers a narrative and analyses of the campaign."Choice "There is even coverage of the Union and Confederate sides, and a refreshing emphasis on engineering aspects as well. The volume also has good maps and the explanatory sections are clearly and thoughtfully written."North & South, "These guides are the most thorough, detailed, and accurate books of their kind. Indeed, they are unique. I have used them to lead guided tours of several battlefields, with great success."- James M. McPherson , author of Battle Cry of Freedom: The Era of the Civil War "I most highly recommend this important and valuable series of guidebooks."- Herman Hattaway , coauthor of How the North Won the Civil War and Why the South Lost the Civil War "These guides bridge the gap between sound military history and battlefield touring literature. They can be enjoyed without ever leaving the easy chair or they can become indispensable companions on tramps over the scenes of the greatest engagements of the Civil War."- William C. Davis , author of Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour and former editor of Civil War Times Illustrated, "These guides are the most thorough, detailed, and accurate books of their kind. Indeed, they are unique. I have used them to lead guided tours of several battlefields, with great success."-- James M. McPherson , author of Battle Cry of Freedom: The Era of the Civil War "I most highly recommend this important and valuable series of guidebooks."-- Herman Hattaway , coauthor of How the North Won the Civil War and Why the South Lost the Civil War "These guides bridge the gap between sound military history and battlefield touring literature. They can be enjoyed without ever leaving the easy chair or they can become indispensable companions on tramps over the scenes of the greatest engagements of the Civil War."-- William C. Davis , author of Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour and former editor of Civil War Times Illustrated, "Good historians can write for both the specialist and the general reader, as this excellent addition to the US Army War College's 'Guides to Civil War Battles' shows. It provides itineraries for driving tours of the campaign and of the siege lines and, best of all, it offers a narrative and analyses of the campaign."-- Choice "There is even coverage of the Union and Confederate sides, and a refreshing emphasis on engineering aspects as well. The volume also has good maps and the explanatory sections are clearly and thoughtfully written."-- North & South
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The
Dewey Decimal
973.7/344
Table Of Content
List of Maps and Illustrations Preface How to Use This Book Introduction Part I: The Vicksburg Campaign The Strategic Situation 1. Fortress Vicksburg 2. Grant Takes Command 3. "A Perfect Concert of Action" 4. Operations West of the River 5. Operations along Yazoo Pass and Fort Pemberton 6. Running the Batteries 7. Grierson's Raid 8. Operations below Vicksburg 9. Battle of Port Gibson 10. Evolution of Operational Plan 11. Grant's Indirect Approach 12. The Battle of Champion Hill 13. Generals at Odds 14. The Siege 15. The Fall of Vicksburg Part II: Driving Tour of the Vicksburg Campaign Phase 1: Winter 1862-63 Operations -Stop 1, Chickasaw Bayou -Stop 2, Grant's Canal Phase 2: Isolating Vicksburg -Stop 1, Running the Batteries/Deception Operations Operational Sites: -Stop 1, Steele's Bayou, Black Bayou, Deer Creek -Stop 2, Deer Creek -Stop 3, Fort Pemberton Phase 3: The Union Army Crosses into Mississippi -Stop 1, Grand Gulf -Stop 2, Bruinsburg/Point Lookout -Stop 3, Shaifer House -Stop 4, Magnolia Church -Stop 5, Battle of Raymond -Stop 6, Champion Hill -Stop 7, The South Wing of the Champion Hill Battle -Stop 8, Engagement at the Big Black River Bridge Part III: Driving Tour of the Vicksburg Siege Lines -Stop 1, The Confederate Defenses--The Great Redoubt -Stop 2, Secon Texas Lunette -Stop 3, Railroad Redoubt -Stop 4A, Fort Garrott -Stop 4B, Hovey's Approach -Stop 5, Grant's Problems with McClernand -Stop 6, Artillery in Union Siege Operations -Stop 7, Third Louisiana Redan -Stop 8A, Attack on the Stockade Redan -Stop 8B, Defense of the Stockade Redan -Stop 9, General Grant in Command -Stop 10, Sherman's Corps in the Siege -Stop 11A, Naval Operations during the Siege -Stop 11B, Naval Operations (continued): The USS Cairo -Stop 12, Confederate Defenses on the Mississippi River -Stop 13, The Confederate Surrender Optional Site, South Fort Appendix: Order of Battle, United States Army and Confederate States Army, May 18-July 4, 1863 Bibliography Index
Synopsis
In the same week that Union forces triumphed at Gettysburg, they also captured the river fortress at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Although much less memorialized than Gettysburg, the fall of Vicksburg was every bit as crucial to the Union cause. Pitting Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman against John Pemberton and Joseph Johnston, the victorious Vicksburg Campaign helped revive a war-weary North, gave it absolute control of the Mississippi River, severed the western Confederacy from the East, and further constricted the South's ability to wage war as the Union drove ever deeper into its heartland. It also gave Grant-the campaign's chief architect-a dramatic venue for demonstrating his maturing skills and intelligence as a strategist and field commander. Unlike other volumes in the U.S. Army War College Guides to Civil War Battles series, this one examines an entire campaign, looking at many interlinked battles and joint Army-Navy operations as they played out over seven months and thousands of square miles of rivers, streams, swamps, lakes, forests, hills, and plains surrounding Vicksburg. In addition to detailed coverage of the actual Siege of Vicksburg, the book also chronicles the battles at Jackson, Port Gibson, Raymond, Champions Hill, and Big Black Ridge. Like the other volumes in the series, this one combines eyewitness accounts with maps, illustrations, and tour directions to illuminate the events for both tourists and arm-chair travellers. For anyone interested in learning more about this relatively neglected but pivotal Civil War campaign, the Guide to the Vicksburg Campaign is must reading.
LC Classification Number
E475.27.G77 1998
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