The Vicksburg Campaign: Strategy, Battles and Key Figures

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The Union victory at Gettysburg is widely regarded as the turning point of the Civil War but many scholars imagine the capture of Vicksburg the decisive action. Building on a well-established body of literature–including the writer’s previous work–this book provides a comprehensive narrative and single-volume reference work at the Vicksburg Campaign. The action is traced from Farragut’s failed navy-most effective efforts to avoid the town, thru Grant’s botched series of canal schemes, to his brilliant series of maneuvers that left Pemberton and his garrison besieged for more than 40 days. Key Union and Confederate players are identified and the strategic circumstances that made Vicksburg the lynchpin of the Western Theater are described. Appendices come with details about Vicksburg National Military Park, the Federal and Confederate Orders of Battle and the Medal of Honor at Vicksburg.

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