Over the River: The Campaigns of Vicksburg and Chancellorsville, March -- May 1863

by Donald S. Lowry

Two of the most brilliant campaigns of maneuver in the American Civil War - perhaps of any war - were conducted almost simultaneously during the spring of 1863. Two Union commanders, U. S. Grant in the West and Joseph Hooker in the East, faced similar problems that spring: Each had to find a way to cross a major river to get at his opponent for something other than a sure-to-be-disastrous head-on frontal attack. Hooker had to cross the Rappahannock,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1499113625
• ISBN13: 9781499113624
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 680 Pages
• Weight: 1.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"