The Battle of Okolona: Defending the Mississippi Prairie

by Brandon H. Beck

Book Overview

In February 1864, General William Sooy Smith led a force of over seven thousand cavalry on a raid into the Mississippi Prairie, bringing fire and destruction to one of the very few breadbaskets remaining in the Confederacy. Smith's raid was part of General William T. Sherman's campaign to march across Mississippi from Vicksburg to destroy the railroad junction at Meridian. Both Smith and Sherman intended to burn everything in their path that could...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596297786
• ISBN13: 9781596297784
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.7"