Vicksburg Is the Key The Struggle for the Mississippi River / William L. Shea and Terrence J. Winschel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shea, William L.

Contributor:

Winschel, Terrence J.

Series:

Great campaigns of the Civil War.

Great Campaigns of the Civil War

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Vicksburg (Miss.).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 232 p. ) ill., maps ;

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The struggle for control of the Mississippi River was the longest and most complex campaign of the Civil War. It was marked by an extraordinary diversity of military and naval operations, including fleet engagements, cavalry raids, amphibious landings, pitched battles, and the two longest sieges in American history. This fast paced, gripping narrative of the Civil War struggle for the Mississippi River is the first comprehensive single-volume account to appear in over a century.

Contents:

The river and the war

Gibraltar on the Mississippi

On to Vicksburg

The first onslaught

Dark winter

Detour in Louisiana

River of no return

The odds are overpowering

The shriek of an eagle

Indecision, indecision, indecision

A grand and appalling sight

Outcamp the enemy

Too weak to save Vicksburg

The glorious Fourth

No longer a point of danger

The Mississippi is opened.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-222) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786610424085

9781280424083

1280424087

9780803203372

0803203373

OCLC:

53119543