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Author Smith, Timothy B., 1974- author.

Title The decision was always my own : Ulysses S. Grant and the Vicksburg Campaign / Timothy B. Smith.

Publication Info. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2018]
©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 249 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The world of Ulysses S. Grant
World of Ulysses S. Grant.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prologue: the military education of Ulysses S. Grant -- "I go forward with the advance" -- "To command the expedition down the river in person" -- "The problem is a difficult one, but I shall certainly solve it" -- "I thought that war anyhow was a risk" -- "You can do a great deal in eight days" -- "To carry Vicksburg by assault" -- "The work of reducing the enemy by regular approaches" -- "Vicksburg has surrendered" -- Epilogue: "I do not expect to be still."
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Subject Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 -- Military leadership.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885.
Command of troops.
Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863.
Siege of Vicksburg (Vicksburg, Mississippi : 1863)
Chronological Term 1863
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: 0-8093-3666-9
ISBN 9780809336678 (electronic book)
0809336677 (electronic book)
9780809336661
0809336669