Timothy B. Smith

Bayou Battles for Vicksburg

The Swamp and River Expeditions, January 1-April 30, 1863

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Produktbeschreibung

In the latest volume in his five-volume history of the Vicksburg Campaign of the US Civil War, Timothy Smith offers the first book-length examination of Ulysses S. Grantâ s winter waterborne attempts to capture the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Produktdetails

• Modern War Studies
• Verlag: University Press of Kansas
• Seitenzahl: 552
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 164mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 952g
• ISBN-13: 9780700635665
• ISBN-10: 0700635661
• Artikelnr.: 67865419

Autorenporträt

Timothy B. Smith teaches history at the University of Tennessee at Martin. His many books include, most recently, Early Struggles for Vicksburg: The Mississippi Central Campaign and Chickasaw Bayou, October 25–December 31, 1862; The Siege of Vicksburg: Climax of the Campaign to Open the Mississippi River, May 23–July 4, 1863; and The Union Assaults at Vicksburg: Grant Attacks Pemberton, May 17–22, 1863, all published by Kansas.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Maps
List of Illustrations
Preface
Prologue: Vicksburg Not by the Book
1. “We Were Out-Generaled Some Way”
2. “Can the Enemy Intend Another Attempt to Approach Vicksburg?”
3. “We Have Disposed of This Tough Little Nut”
4. “The Work of Changing the Channel of the Mississippi”
5. “But Grant Is on Two Other Projects”
6. “The Prospect of Opening the Pass Is Encouraging”
7. “The Yankee Boats Are Here”
8. “The Enemy Press Me on All Sides”
9. “We Intend to Take the Boats”
10. “This Is the Only Move I Now See as Practicable”
11. “They Are About to Execute Some Plan”
12. “Attracting Attention from Grant”
13. “We Land in the Morning”
Epilogue: “But I Was on Dry Ground”
Appendix 1: Union Order of Battle for Arkansas Post, January 11, 1863
Appendix 2: Confederate Order of Battle for Arkansas Post, January 11, 1863
Notes
Bibliography
Index