Description: Vicksburg: Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy by Donald L. Miller (Author) 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 couldn’t do it. It took Grant’s army and Admiral David Porter’s navy to successfully invade Mississippi and lay siege to Vicksburg, forcing the city to surrender. In this “elegant…enlightening…well-researched and well-told” (Publishers Weekly) work, Donald L. Miller tells the full story of this year-long campaign to win the city “with probing intelligence and irresistible passion” (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 “Miller has produced a model work that ties together military and social history” (Civil War Times). Publisher : Simon & Schuster; Illustrated edition (October 29, 2019)Language : EnglishHardcover : 688 pagesISBN-10 : 1451641370ISBN-13 : 9781451641370
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Book Title: Vicksburg : Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy
Item Length: 9in.
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Author: Donald L. Miller
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Military / Strategy, Military / United States, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Presidents & Heads of State
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Year: 2019
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 29.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 688 Pages
