Vicksburg: The Bloody Siege that Turned the Tide of the Civil War 9781621577652

It was one of the bloodiest sieges of the war—a siege that drove men, women, and children to seek shelter in caves under

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Vicksburg: The Bloody Siege that Turned the Tide of the Civil War
9781621577652

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A gripping look at terrorist violence during the Reconstruction era Between 1867, when the defeated South was forced to

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*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of

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'Deeply researched and engagingly written' The Times 'Has the pace and style of a well-crafted thriller&#

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On May 22, 1863, after two failed attempts to take the city of Vicksburg by assault, Major General Ulysses S. Grant decl

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This is the first published comprehensive survey of naval action on the Mississippi River and her tributaries for the ye

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