The Vicksburg Campaign, March 29-May 18, 1863 by Woodworth, Steven E. (Editor)/ Grear, Charles D (Editor)/ Ballard, Michael B. (Contributor)/ Dossman, Stephen Nathaniel (Contributor) - 2013

Carbondale: Southern Illinois Univ. Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. 0809332698 . Illus. , maps, jacket now in a clear protector; 239 pages .

Carbondale IL.: Southern Illinois University Press, 2013. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st printing(number line-1). Very small stain on front free endpaper(looks like ink). No wear to book or jacket, tight binding, clean white unmarked pages. Jacket has excellent even color, and has been covered with a mylar sleeve. 239pp., notes, illustrations, maps, list of contributors, index. I can put this in the mail to you tomorrow.

Hardback. New. Ulysses S. Grant's ingenious campaign to capture the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River was one of the most decisive events of the Civil War and one of the most storied military expeditions in American history. The ultimate victory at Vicksburg effectively cut the Confederacy in two, gave control of the river to Union forces, and delivered a devastating blow from which the South never fully recovered. Encompassed in this first of five planned volumes on the Vicksburg campaign are examinations of the pivotal events that comprised the campaign's initial stage, from March to May of 1863. The collection sheds new light on Grant's formidable intelligence network of former slaves, Mississippi loyalists, and Union spies; his now-legendary tactics to deceive and confuse his Confederate counterparts; and his manoeuvres from the perspective of classic warfare. Also presented are insightful accounts of Grant's contentious relationship with John A. McClernand… Read More