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Vicksburg besieged / edited by Steven E. Woodworth and Charles D. Grear.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Civil War campaigns in the west.
- Civil War campaigns in the West
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Siege, 1863.
- Vicksburg (Miss.).
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 182 pages) : illustrations, map.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Ranging in scope from military to social history, this book examines formal siege operations, sharpshooting, night raids in no-man's-land, the experience of Vicksburg civilians, and other military operations connected with the final phase of the long struggle for control of the great Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Charles D. Grear
- "By Hazard and by Spasms": Grant and his Staff at the Siege of Vicksburg / Andrew S. Bledsoe
- "Standing on the Banks": African American Troops in the Vicksburg Campaign / Scott L. Stabler and Martin J. Hershock
- Plying the Deadly Trade: The Sharpshooters' War at the Siege of Vicksburg / Jonathan M. Steplyk
- Nights at Vicksburg / Steven E. Woodworth
- Andrew Hickenlooper and the Vicksburg Mines / Justin S. Solonick
- Community Besieged: Civilians of the Vicksburg Campaign / John J. Gaines
- Mournful Melodies: Louisianans Played the Swan Song of the Army of Relief / Richard H. Holloway
- "West of the Mississippi to Us Is Nearly a Sealed Book": Trans-Mississippians and the Fall of Vicksburg / Charles D. Grear.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8093-3784-3
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