| Series |
The American crisis series ;
American crisis series. ^A475450
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| Contents |
War -- The meaning of the Civil War in Reconstruction -- The generals' war -- The boys from Iowa -- The great reunion -- A farewell to arms -- A new deal -- Herman Lieb's report on Milliken's Bend -- "The Battle of Milliken's Bend" / by David Cornwell -- Reported lynchings in Warren County -- State monuments on the Vicksburg battleground. |
| Abstract |
During the hottest days of the summer of 1863, while the nation's attention was focused on the small town of Gettysburg, another momentous battle was being fought along the banks of the Mississippi. In the longest single campaign of the war, the siege of Vicksburg left 19,000 dead and wounded on both sides, gave the Union Army control of the Mississippi, and left the Confederacy cut in half. Christopher Waldrep takes a fresh look at how the Vicksburg campaign was fought and remembered. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 324-334) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005002732 |
| ISBN | 0742548686 (cloth : alk. paper) |
