An edition of The Vicksburg campaign (1994)
The Vicksburg campaign
April 1862-July 1863
By David G. Martin
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Publish Date
1994
Publisher
Combined Books,Distributed in North America by Stackpole Books
Language
eng
Pages
232
Description:
"Sam" Grant had his faults, but he was always willing to fight, and often able to win. Frustrated by a tactical stalemate in Virginia, in 1863 the Union embarked upon a strategy of strangling the Confederate supply line on the Mississippi. Ulysses S. Grant was a natural choice to lead the army of tough Westerners and ex-slaves from Louisiana that were available for the task. Central to the Union strategy was the capture of the Confederate-held Mississippi town of Vicksburg. - Jacket flap.