... Warren County, 1862–1863” Dora Miller Diary Dabney Maury Scales Papers Jared Sanders Diary Slave Schedules, 1860, ... Diary Margret E. Blackwell Papers George Hovey Cadman Papers John Henry Comstock Papers Annie Laurie Harris, ...
Christ, Papers of Davis, 6: 668. 10. Vicksburg Daily Whig, November 8, 1860. 11. Walker, Vicksburg, 25, 26. 12. Vicksburg Daily Whig, November 13, 1860. 13. Ibid., November 17, 1860. 14. Ibid., November 30, 1860. 15.
Corporal Lynch and the private with him were standing guard at each corner ofthe building while Otto and I filled the canteens. Periodically they would call out as more thirsty soldiers gathered around the farmstead.
Wade had been placed on a rise some twenty feet above the river and a quarter mile from the water's edge . Wade also had four guns in the ... Bowen had two crack infantry regiments under Martin Green and Francis M. Cockrell in reserve .
In this “elegant…enlightening…well-researched and well-told” (Publishers Weekly) work, Donald L. Miller tells the full story of this year-long campaign to win the city “with probing intelligence and irresistible passion” ...
This is the incredible story of a siege that lasted more than forty days, that brought out extraordinary heroism and extraordinary suffering, and that saw the surrender of not just a fortress and a city but the Mississippi River to the ...
Civil War diaries and memoirs of inhabitants of besieged Vicksburg and soldiers reveal the heroism and sacrifice that marked the Confederate experience.
Describes the events preceding and during the key Civil War battle of Vicksburg, its significance, and its aftermath.
In this “elegant…enlightening…well-researched and well-told” (Publishers Weekly) work, Donald L. Miller tells the full story of this year-long campaign to win the city “with probing intelligence and irresistible passion” ...
In Vicksburg, award-winning author Mary Ann Fraser uses more than thirty primary source quotations, forty pictures drawn at the time, and five maps to take us inside the camps of the Blue and the Gray.
This is the incredible story of a siege that lasted more than forty days, that brought out extraordinary heroism and extraordinary suffering, and that saw the surrender of not just a fortress and a city but the Mississippi River to the ...
From the beginning of the Civil War the Confederate bastion at Vicksburg thwarted Federal hopes for gaining control of the all-important Mississippi River and cutting the far-flung Confederacy in half....
In this volume of over 200 images, you will experience Vicksburg as never before, viewing this fascinating river town throughout its years of growth and progress.
The story of the Brannon family of Culpeper County, Virginia, turns to the west and the Southern stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi, where Cory Brannon is working to keep the town supplied by wagon train and railroad from Texas.
Civil War diaries and memoirs of inhabitants of besieged Vicksburg and soldiers reveal the heroism and sacrifice that marked the Confederate experience.
To the leaders of the North and South, Vicksburg, Mississippi, was the "key" to the Civil War. For the Union, control of the vital Mississippi River would never be regained unless Vicksburg was subdued.
In this volume of over 200 images, you will experience Vicksburg as never before, viewing this fascinating river town throughout its years of growth and progress.
An unforgettable new look at the Civil War from eyewitness accounts by people who were there. Diaries, letters, journals, media reports and more. Beautifully and dramatically illustrated.