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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Shea, William L. Vicksburg is the key. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2003 (OCoLC)645400249 |
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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
William L Shea; Terrence J Winschel |
| ISBN: | 0803242549 9780803242548 0803293445 9780803293441 |
| OCLC Number: | 51647389 |
| Description: | xii, 232 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The river and the war -- Gibraltar on the Mississippi -- On to Vicksburg -- The first onslaught -- Dark winter -- Detour in Louisiana -- River of no return -- The odds are overpowering -- The shriek of an eagle -- Indecision, indecision, indecision -- A grand and appalling sight -- Outcamp the enemy -- Too weak to save Vicksburg -- The glorious Fourth -- No longer a point of danger -- The Mississippi is opened. |
| Series Title: | Great campaigns of the Civil War. |
| Responsibility: | William L. Shea and Terrence J. Winschel. |
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A Selection of the History Book Club and Military Book Club "[A] very perceptive and well crafted study of the operations along the Mississippi River in 1862-1863, the authors have expertly prepared a book that reveals the essence of the Vicksburg Campaign, yet it is not so detailed as to obscure the central course of events. The overview of the significance, maneuvers, strategy, and fighting is superb, and this book will be a welcome introduction for many to the critical events and personal performances at Vicksburg and Port Hudson." Wiley Sword, Blue and Gray "A superb, highly readable account of the extraordinarily diverse and complicated Vicksburg campaign... This well-written book highlights the military planning and execution-within their strategic, political, and economic contexts-of the Union operations to seize, and Confederate efforts to defend, the 'Gibraltar of the Mississippi.'" Military Heritage "The Shea and Winschel volume provides the best overview of the operations that opened the Mississippi River for the Union. This book is essential reading for all students of modern warfare." Edgar F. Raines Jr., Journal of Illinois History "A fascinating look into an amazingly complex and intriguing operation... Vicksburg is the Key will stand as the best overall one-volume account for many years."--Timothy B. Smith, Georgia Historical Quarterly Read more...
