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Vicksburg

The Campaign That Opened the Mississippi

Michael B Ballard author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:The University of North Carolina Press

Published:1st Mar '10

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This is a pivotal Union victory. Michael Ballard provides a concise yet thorough study of the 1863 battle that cut off a crucial river port and rail depot for the South and split the Confederate nation, providing a turning point in the Civil War. The Union victory at Vicksburg was hailed with as much celebration in the North as the Gettysburg victory and Ballard makes a convincing case that it was equally important to the ultimate resolution of the conflict.

"Ballard is one of the few historians who can truly claim mastery of the complexities that make the Vicksburg campaign so daunting a study." - Civil War Book Review"

ISBN: 9780807871287

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 735g

512 pages

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