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Engineering Victory: The Union Siege of Vicksburg
Justin S. Solonick
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Description for Engineering Victory: The Union Siege of Vicksburg
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
On May 25, 1863, after driving the Confederate army into defensive lines surrounding Vicksburg, Mississippi, Union major general Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee laid siege to the fortress city. With no reinforcements and dwindling supplies, the Army of Vicksburg finally surrendered on July 4, yielding command of the Mississippi River to Union forces and effectively severing the Confederacy. In this illuminating volume, Justin S. Solonick offers the first detailed study of how Grant’s midwesterners serving in the Army of the Tennessee engineered the Siege of Vicksburg, placing the event within the broader context of U.S. and ... Read more
On May 25, 1863, after driving the Confederate army into defensive lines surrounding Vicksburg, Mississippi, Union major general Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee laid siege to the fortress city. With no reinforcements and dwindling supplies, the Army of Vicksburg finally surrendered on July 4, yielding command of the Mississippi River to Union forces and effectively severing the Confederacy. In this illuminating volume, Justin S. Solonick offers the first detailed study of how Grant’s midwesterners serving in the Army of the Tennessee engineered the Siege of Vicksburg, placing the event within the broader context of U.S. and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809333912
SKU
V9780809333912
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Ref
99-15
About Justin S. Solonick
Justin S. Solonick is an adjunct instructor in the Department of History and Geography at Texas Christian University, USA. His most recent publication, Saving the Army of Tennessee: The Confederate Rear Guard at Ringgold Gap appeared in The Chattanooga Campaign, edited by Steven E. Woodworth and Charles D. Grear, and published by SIU Press in 2012. He has also published ... Read more
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