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Vicksburg

Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy

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Vicksburg

By: Donald L. Miller
Narrated by: Rick Adamson
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Winner of the Civil War Round Table of New York’s Fletcher Pratt Literary Award
Winner of the Austin Civil War Round Table’s Daniel M. & Marilyn W. Laney Book Prize
Winner of an Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award

“A superb account” (The Wall Street Journal) of the longest and most decisive military campaign of the Civil War in Vicksburg, Mississippi, which opened the Mississippi River, split the Confederacy, freed tens of thousands of slaves, and made Ulysses S. Grant the most important general of the war.

Vicksburg, Mississippi, was the last stronghold of the Confederacy on the Mississippi River. It prevented the Union from using the river for shipping between the Union-controlled Midwest and New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico. The Union navy tried to take Vicksburg, which sat on a high bluff overlooking the river, but couldn’t do it. It took Grant’s army and Admiral David Porter’s navy to successfully invade Mississippi and lay siege to Vicksburg, forcing the city to surrender.

In this “elegant…enlightening…well-researched and well-told” (Publishers Weekly) work, Donald L. Miller tells the full story of this year-long campaign to win the city “with probing intelligence and irresistible passion” (Booklist). He brings to life all the drama, characters, and significance of Vicksburg, a historic moment that rivals any war story in history. In the course of the campaign, tens of thousands of slaves fled to the Union lines, where more than twenty thousand became soldiers, while others seized the plantations they had been forced to work on, destroying the economy of a large part of Mississippi and creating a social revolution. With Vicksburg “Miller has produced a model work that ties together military and social history” (Civil War Times).

Vicksburg solidified Grant’s reputation as the Union’s most capable general. Today no general would ever be permitted to fail as often as Grant did, but ultimately he succeeded in what he himself called the most important battle of the war—the one that all but sealed the fate of the Confederacy. American Civil War Americas Military State & Local United States Wars & Conflicts War Civil War Mississippi

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"Miller makes a strong case for the capture of Vicksburg being the turning point of the Civil War—more important than the almost simultaneous Battle of Gettysburg. . . . Narrator Rick Adamson keeps track of quotations with subtle shifts in tone and avoids a confusing multiplicity of accents. He gives us a saga of military brilliance and incompetence linked to the struggle of emancipation."
Comprehensive Historical Details • Well-researched Campaign Analysis • Riveting Narration • Informative Context

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The book is incredibly dense in its knowledge and sometimes it can throw a lot at you, meaning that if you aren’t paying full attention you can miss some details. The information and structure presented however are fantastic, and it makes this one of the finest works on the American Civil War that’s been written.

Wonderful coverage that isn’t afraid to state the facts

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Donald Miller has put together a great summation and story of Grant’s Vicksburg Campaign. Well written, well told. Lots of incredible details about this conflict. Well worth the time invested to read.

Vicksburg!

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I disagree with the reviewer who thought there should have been more focus on the last few months before the surrender. The book recounts the entire campaign, putting in context the problems Grant faced and his various attempts (successful and unsuccessful) to solve them. The only flaw is that the author devotes a bit too much attention to the conflicting evidence about Grant’s drinking.

Be sure to download the PDF! It has a collection of excellent maps for the successive stages of the campaign. The maps are a great help in understanding how each part of the story fits into the overall picture.

A superb account of the entire campaign

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Not just the attempted storming of the city, but the whole story from the very first planning of the first campaign. Exceptionally well researched, informative and even handed history that is well presented.

Outstanding history

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I grew up in Vicksburg after being born in 1964. Chris many things that I learned a half an hour no really a fair differently. This is a great non-political history book.

A hometown kid learned a great deal.

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