Vicksburg Besieged

ISBN-13: 9780809337835 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 200 str.

Steven E. Woodworth; Charles D. Grear; Andrew S. Bledsoe

Opis

Offers a detailed analysis of the end of the Vicksburg Campaign and the forty-day siege. Ranging in scope from military to social history, contributors examine the role of Grant's staff, contributions of African American troops to the Union Army of the Tennessee, both sides' use of sharpshooters, the use of West Point siege theory, and more.

Spis treści

• List of Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Charles D. Grear
• 1. “By Hazard and by Spasms”: Grant and HisStaff at the Siege of Vicksburg
• Andrew S. Bledsoe
• 2. “Standing on the Banks”: African American Troops in the Vicksburg Campaign
• Scott L. Stabler and Martin J. Hershock
• 3. Plying the Deadly Trade: The Sharpshooters’ War at the Siege of Vicksburg
• Jonathan M. Steplyk
• 4. Nights at Vicksbur
• Steven E. Woodworth
• 5. Andrew Hickenlooper and the Vicksburg Mines
• Justin S. Solonick
• 6. A Community Besieged: Civilians of the Vicksburg Campaign
• John J. Gaines
• 7. Mournful Melodies: LouisianansPlayed the Swan Song of the Army of Relief
• Richard H. Holloway
• 8. “West of the Mississippi to UsIsNearly a Sealed Book”: Trans-Mississippians and the Fall of Vicksburg
• Charles D. Grear
• Contributors
• Index