The decision was always my own : Ulysses S. Grant and the Vicksburg Campaign / Timothy B. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Timothy B., 1974- author.

Series:

World of Ulysses S. Grant

The world of Ulysses S. Grant

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Military leadership.

Grant, Ulysses S.

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885.

Command of troops.

Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Siege, 1863.

Vicksburg (Miss.).

Mississippi--Vicksburg.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 249 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2018]

Contents:

Prologue: the military education of Ulysses S. Grant

I go forward with the advance

To command the expedition down the river in person

The problem is a difficult one, but I shall certainly solve it

I thought that war anyhow was a risk

You can do a great deal in eight days

To carry Vicksburg by assault

The work of reducing the enemy by regular approaches

Vicksburg has surrendered

Epilogue: I do not expect to be still.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780809336661

0809336669

OCLC:

993651834