One Damn Blunder from Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign of 1864
- ISBN-10
- 0842029370
- ISBN-13
- 9780842029377
- Category
- Arkansas
- Pages
- 198
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- Gary D. Joiner
Description
Taking its title from General William Tecumseh Sherman's blunt description, this book is a fresh inspection of what was the Civil War's largest operation between the Union Army and Navy west of the Mississippi River. Maps & photos.
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