The Siege of Vicksburg: Climax of the Campaign to Open the Mississippi River, May 23-July 4, 1863

by Timothy B. Smith

In The Siege of Vicksburg: Climax of the Campaign to Open the Mississippi River, May 23-July 4, 1863 , noted Civil War scholar Timothy B. Smith offers the first comprehensive account of the siege that split the Confederacy in two. While the siege is often given a chapter or two in larger campaign studies and portrayed as a foregone conclusion, The Siege of Vicksburg offers a new perspective and thus a fuller understanding of the larger Vicksburg Campaign...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700632255
• ISBN13: 9780700632251
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 768 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"