Vicksburg: The Campaign That Opened the Mississippi

Author/Contributor(s):	Ballard, Michael B
Publisher:	University of North Carolina Press
Date:	03/01/2010
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Michael Ballard provides a concise yet thorough study of the 1863 battle that cut off a crucial river port and rail depot for the South and split the Confederate nation, providing a turning point in the Civil War. The Union victory at Vicksburg was hailed with as much celebration in the North as the Gettysburg victory and Ballard makes a convincing case that it was equally important to the ultimate resolution of the conflict.