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Author : Jerry Korn
Release : 1983
Genre : Vicksburg (Miss.)
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Book Synopsis War on the Mississippi by : Jerry Korn
Download or read book War on the Mississippi written by Jerry Korn. This book was released on 1983. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Timothy B. Smith
Release : 2010-04-08
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Mississippi in the Civil War by : Timothy B. Smith
Download or read book Mississippi in the Civil War written by Timothy B. Smith. This book was released on 2010-04-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Mississippi in the Civil War: The Home Front, Timothy B. Smith examines Mississippi's Civil War defeat by both outside and inside forces. From without, the Union army dismantled the state's political system, infrastructure, economy, and fighting capability. The state saw extensive military operations, destruction, and bloodshed within her borders. One of the most frightful and extended sieges of the war ended in a crucial Confederate defeat at Vicksburg, the capstone to a tremendous Union campaign. As Confederate forces and Mississippi became overwhelmed militarily, the populace's morale began to crumble. Realizing that the enemy could roll unchecked over the state, civilians, Smith argues, began to lose the will to continue the struggle. Many white Confederates chose to return to the Union rather than see continued destruction in the name of a victory that seemed ever more improbable. When the tide turned, Unionists and African Americans boldly stepped up their endeavors. The result, Smith finds, was a state vanquished and destined to endure suffering far into its future. The first examination of the state's Civil War home front in seventy years, this book tells the story of all classes of Mississippians during the war, focusing new light on previously neglected groups such as women and African Americans. The result is a revelation of the heart of a populace facing the devastating impact of total war.
Author : Michael B. Ballard
Release : 2014-09-18
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Civil War in Mississippi by : Michael B. Ballard
Download or read book The Civil War in Mississippi written by Michael B. Ballard. This book was released on 2014-09-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first Union attack on Vicksburg in the spring of 1862 through Benjamin Grierson's last raid through Mississippi in late 1864 and early 1865, this book traces the campaigns, fighting, and causes and effects of armed conflict in central and North Mississippi, where major campaigns were waged and fighting occurred.
Author : John C. Willis
Release : 2000
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Forgotten Time by : John C. Willis
Download or read book Forgotten Time written by John C. Willis. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the lives of individuals - freedmen, planters, and merchants - Willis explores the reciprocal interests of former slaves and former slaveholders. He shows how, in a cruel irony replicated in other areas of the South, the backbreaking work that African Americans did to clear, settle, and farm the land away from the river made the land ultimately too valuable for them to retain.
Author : Gary D. Joiner
Release : 2007
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy by : Gary D. Joiner
Download or read book Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy written by Gary D. Joiner. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Union inland navy that became the Mississippi Squadron is one of the greatest, yet least studied aspects of the Civil War. Without it, however, the war in the West may not have been won, and the war in the East might have lasted much longer and perhaps ended differently. The men who formed and commanded this large fighting force have, with few exceptions, not been as thoroughly studied as their army counterparts. The vessels they created were highly specialized craft which operated in the narrow confines of the Western rivers in places that could not otherwise receive fire support. Ironclads and gunboats protected army forces and convoyed much needed supplies to far-flung Federal forces. They patrolled thousands of miles of rivers and fought battles that were every bit as harrowing as land engagements yet inside iron monsters that created stifling heat with little ventilation. This book is about the intrepid men who fought under these conditions and the highly improvised boats in which they fought. The tactics their commanders developed were the basis for many later naval operations. Of equal importance were lessons learned about what not to do. The flag officers and admirals of the Mississippi Squadron wrote the rules for modern riverine warfare.
