Vicksburg: The Campaign that Opened the MississippiWhen Confederate troops surrendered Vicksburg on July 4, 1863--the day after the Union victory at Gettysburg--a crucial port and rail depot for the South was lost. The Union gained control of the Mississippi River, and the Confederate territory was split |
Contents
A Town a River and War | 1 |
Summer Stalemate | 31 |
Counterstrokes AND Controversies | 63 |
Race to Vicksburg | 101 |
Bloody Bayou and the Wild Goose | 129 |
Disputes Diversions Failures | 156 |
Turning Point | 191 |
Port Gibson | 221 |
Champion Hill and the Big Black | 282 |
Assaulting Vicksburg | 319 |
Siege Operations | 358 |
Surrender and Second Jackson | 396 |
Aftermath Legacies | 414 |
Notes | 433 |
Bibliography | 467 |
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