Vicksburg, 1863
- ISBN-10
- 0307264254
- ISBN-13
- 9780307264251
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 482
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Author
- Winston Groom
Description
Recreates the 1863 siege of Vicksburg ,Mississippi, that changed the direction of the Civil War and severely damaged the Confederacy.
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