The Vicksburg campaign: April 1862-July 1863

425 Pages·1994·4.29 MB·English

by  David G. Martin

The Vicksburg Campaign : April 1862-July
title:
1863 Great Campaigns
author: Martin, David G.
publisher: Combined Publishing
isbn10 | asin: 0938289373
print isbn13: 9780938289371
ebook isbn13: 9780585121895
language: English
Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Civil War,
subject
1861-1865.
publication date: 1994
lcc: F349.V6M37 1994eb
ddc: 973.7/32
Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Civil War,
subject:
1861-1865.
Page 1
GREAT CAMPAIGNS
The Vicksburg Campaign
Major General Ulysses S. Grant
Page 2
GREAT CAMPAIGN SERIES
The Antietam Campaign
The Atlanta Campaign
The Chancellorsville Campaign
The Gettysburg Campaign
Hitler's Blitzkrieg Campaign
The Little Bighorn Campaign
The Peninsula Campaign
The Petersburg Campaign
The Philadelphia Campaign
Rommel's North Africa Campaign
The Vicksburg Campaign
The Waterloo Campaign
The Wilderness Campaign
Page 3
GREAT CAMPAIGNS
The Vicksburg Campaign
April 1862 - July 1863
REVISED AND EXPANDED
David G. Martin
COMBINED BOOKS
Pennsylvania
Page 4
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Martin, David G.
The Vicksburg campaign: April 1862 - July 1863/David G. Martin
Rev. and expanded.
p. cm.(Great campaigns)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-938289-37-3
1. Vicksburg (Miss.)HistoryCivil War, 1861-1865. I. Title. II. Series.
F349.V6M37 1994
973.7'32dc20 94-13352
CIP
Combined Books Edition
1 2 3 4 5 First published in the USA in 1990 and revised and
expanded in 1994 by Combined Books and distributed in North
America by Stackpole Books, Inc., 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg,
PA 17055. Distributed internationally by Greenhill Books, Lionel
Leventhal Limited, Park House, 1 Russell Gardens, London NW11
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Printed in United States of America Maps by Paul Dangel
Page 5
Contents
Preface to the Series 7
Introduction 9
I. First Threats 11
II. The Fall of New Orleans 25
III. The Threat Becomes Real 37
IV. The Saga of the Arkansas 53
V. Grant Takes Command 69
VI. Grant the Relentless 83
VII. Grant's Final Drive 99
VIII. Vicksburg: The First Assaults 119
IX. The Siege 137
X. The Vicksburg Mine 155
XI. Port Hudson 165
XII. The Surrender 193
Epilogue 205
Bibliography 211
Orders of Battle 217
Index 231

Page 6
Maps
Major Battles in the Mississippi Valley 1862-1863 15
Grant's First Movements Against Vicksburg 75
Grant's Final Drive 101
The Siege of Vicksburg 18 May - 4 July 63 121
Siege of Port Hudson 27 May - 9 July 63 170
Sidebars
Grant's Generals 18
Confederate Generals 20
The War Eagle 22
Women in the War 34
Jefferson Davis and the Vicksburg Campaign 47
Grant's Horses 48
The River War in 1863 48
The Saga of the U.S.S. Cairo 63
U.S. Grant 65
That Devil Forrest 81
Heavy Artillery 93
Grierson's Raid 113
J.E. Johnston, Military Enigma 113
The Defender of Vicksburg 130
The People of Vicksburg 131
Grant's Drinking Problem 146
Siege Songs 149
Rations 151
The Other Sherman 186
"Napoleon"P. Banks 186
The Prohibition General 188
Zouaves 190
Confederate Cannons at Vicksburg 201
River Batteries 201
Summary of Causualties 202
Grant's Losses 202
Summary of Troops Surrendered 203
Battlefield Parks 207
Vicksburg Battle Monuments 208