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1 online resource (pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Long road to Vicksburg -- A regular siege and paranoia -- River of lies -- Rampant racism -- Congressman and coterie -- Closely hemmed in -- Big black, black powder, brush fires -- Surrender, clutter, impact. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
On May 22, 1863, after two failed attempts to take the city of Vicksburg by assault, Major General Ulysses S. Grant declared in a letter to the commander of the Union fleet on the Mississippi River that "the nature of the ground about Vicksburg is such that it can only be taken by a siege." The 47-day siege of Vicksburg orchestrated by Grant resulted in the eventual surrender of the city and fulfilled a major strategic goal for the Union: command of the Mississippi River for the remainder of the war. In this revealing volume, Michael B. Ballard offers the first in-depth exploration of G. |
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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 -- Military leadership.
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Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885.
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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. (OCoLC)fst00061535
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Siege of Vicksburg (Mississippi : 1863) (OCoLC)fst01354956
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Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863.
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HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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Military leadership. (OCoLC)fst01185276
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Mississippi -- Vicksburg.
(OCoLC)fst01204951
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| Chronological Term |
1863
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| Genre/Form |
History (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ballard, Michael B. Grant at Vicksburg. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2013 9780809332403 (DLC) 2012032501 (OCoLC)797334860 |
| ISBN |
0809332418 (electronic bk.) |
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9780809332410 (electronic bk.) |
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