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Island No.10: Struggle for the Mississippi Valley
Larry J. Daniel
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Description for Island No.10: Struggle for the Mississippi Valley
Paperback. Between February 1862 and July 1863, the Confederates lost 64,000 troops in defending a mile-long island on the Mississippi River that straddled the boundaries of Tennessee, Missouri and Kentucky. This study highlights one of the opening campaigns for control of the Mississippi Valley. Num Pages: 248 pages, 21 illustrations, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 372.
By February 1862 Confederate forces in Kentucky and Tennessee were falling back in disorder. Fort Henry on the Tennessee River and Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River fell to combined land and naval forces under Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant and Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote. These losses necessitated the abandonment of the Rebel stronghold of Columbus, Kentucky. The entire upper Mississippi Valley lay open to Federal invasion. Toward that end, a new Union army under Major General John Pope began organizing at Commerce, Missouri. Confederate Major General John P. McCown was sent to plug the breach ... Read more
By February 1862 Confederate forces in Kentucky and Tennessee were falling back in disorder. Fort Henry on the Tennessee River and Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River fell to combined land and naval forces under Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant and Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote. These losses necessitated the abandonment of the Rebel stronghold of Columbus, Kentucky. The entire upper Mississippi Valley lay open to Federal invasion. Toward that end, a new Union army under Major General John Pope began organizing at Commerce, Missouri. Confederate Major General John P. McCown was sent to plug the breach ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817308162
SKU
V9780817308162
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About Larry J. Daniel
Larry J. Daniel is an independent scholar living in Murray, Kentucky, and author of Cannoneers in Gray published by The University of Alabama Press in 1984. Lynn N. Bock is a lawyer in New Madrid, Missouri.
Reviews for Island No.10: Struggle for the Mississippi Valley
The scholarship is sound and thorough. This book will be useful to historians of the Civil War who wish to draw on it for an authoritative account of this campaign, and Civil War buffs will want it in their libraries.
James M. McPherson, Princeton University A major new study that highlights one of the opening campaigns for control of ... Read more
James M. McPherson, Princeton University A major new study that highlights one of the opening campaigns for control of ... Read more