| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 289 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: with a spade in one hand and a gun in the other -- The engineer's art -- America's early sieges -- Preparing to dig them out -- Earthworks rose as by magic -- More roads to Rome than one -- The school of the sap -- The body snatchers -- Turning loose the dogs of war -- Toiling day and night -- The key to Vicksburg -- Conclusion: Vicksburg is ours! |
| Summary |
Justin S. Solonick, PhD, is an adjunct instructor in the Department of History and Geography at Texas Christian University. His most recent publication, "Saving the Army of Tennessee: The Confederate Rear Guard at Ringgold Gap," appeared in The Chattanooga Campaign, published by SIU Press in 2012. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Engineering and construction.
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Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863.
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Military engineers -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Military engineers. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Solonick, Justin S. Engineering victory : the Union siege of Vicksburg. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2015] 9780809333912 |
| ISBN |
9780809333929 (electronic book) |
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0809333929 (electronic book) |
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9780809333912 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0809333910 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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