The final fortress : the campaign for Vicksburg, 1862-1863 /
Carter, Samuel, 1904-
The final fortress : the campaign for Vicksburg, 1862-1863 / Samuel Carter III. - New York : St. Martin's Press, c1980. - xi, 354 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill., maps (on lining papers) ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 339-344.
The Imperial River -- City of a hundred hills -- Threat from the South -- Menace from the North -- -Firm as the eternal hills -- "The Arkansas is coming!" -- A galaxy of generals -- Assault on the bluffs -- Of time and the river -- The queen and the dummy -- Battling the bayous -- Last desperate gamble -- Raid of the hellions -- "The road to Vicksburg is open" -- Hill of death -- Cordon of steel -- River of brave hearts -- The noose draws tighter -- The mounting of fury -- "Ho! for Johnston!" -- Blow, Gabriel blow -- The glorious Fourth -- In the wake of the storm.
031228943x 9780312839260
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Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Siege, 1863.
F 349 .V6 / C37
The final fortress : the campaign for Vicksburg, 1862-1863 / Samuel Carter III. - New York : St. Martin's Press, c1980. - xi, 354 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill., maps (on lining papers) ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 339-344.
The Imperial River -- City of a hundred hills -- Threat from the South -- Menace from the North -- -Firm as the eternal hills -- "The Arkansas is coming!" -- A galaxy of generals -- Assault on the bluffs -- Of time and the river -- The queen and the dummy -- Battling the bayous -- Last desperate gamble -- Raid of the hellions -- "The road to Vicksburg is open" -- Hill of death -- Cordon of steel -- River of brave hearts -- The noose draws tighter -- The mounting of fury -- "Ho! for Johnston!" -- Blow, Gabriel blow -- The glorious Fourth -- In the wake of the storm.
031228943x 9780312839260
80014928
Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Siege, 1863.
F 349 .V6 / C37