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Winner of the Austin Civil War Round Tableās Daniel M. & Marilyn W. Laney Book Prize
Winner of an Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award
āA superb accountā (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 couldnāt do it. It took Grantās army and Admiral David Porterās navy to successfully invade Mississippi and lay siege to Vicksburg, forcing the city to surrender.
In this āelegantā¦enlighteningā¦well-researched and well-toldā (Publishers Weekly) work, Donald L. Miller tells the full story of this year-long campaign to win the city āwith probing intelligence and irresistible passionā (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 āMiller has produced a model work that ties together military and social historyā (Civil War Times).
Vicksburg solidified Grantās reputation as the Unionās 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 warāthe one that all but sealed the fate of the Confederacy.
This book title, Vicksburg (Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy) - 9781451641394, ISBN: 9781451641394, by Donald L. Miller, published by Simon & Schuster (October 20, 2020) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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