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1 online resource (pages) |
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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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 -- Military leadership.
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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJmpb4Jw8Yxv8R9rYPGT73 |
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Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863.
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HISTORY. |
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General. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
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Command of troops |
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Mississippi -- Vicksburg https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRD6rGhpQmVQFWDyY33p |
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Regions & Countries - Americas. |
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History & Archaeology. |
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United States - General. |
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Siege of Vicksburg (Vicksburg, Mississippi : 1863) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9x3dRh9FwcPYDF3MX |
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1863 |
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History
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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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1299440762 |
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9781299440760 |
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9780809332403 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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080933240X (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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