Triumph and Defeat: The Vicksburg Campaign [signed]

The first book of essays on this decisive campaign with a foreword by Edwin C. Bearss, former chief historian of the National Park Service is now available in paperback for the first time. The ten essays in this volume cover the complex campaign to capture strategic Vicksburg and sever the Mississippi River. Topics include Grant's march through Louisiana, Grierson's railroad raid, the battles of Port Gibson and Champion Hill, siege operations, and much more.