num_pages: 160
description: Claire Louise Corbett and her Confederate family flee their home as Union soldiers shell their town of Vicksburg Mississippi. They venture out from the safety of a cave only three times a day when the Union army takes their meals at eight in the morning noon and eight at night. Although many of the townspeople suffer from a lack of food the Corbetts receive extra rations from Claire Louise's brother Landon a doctor with the Union army. When Claire Louise discovers her brother tending to a Confederate soldier who is responsible for Robert E. Lee's lost order (causing the South to lose the Battle of Antietam) she is forced to make a difficult choice between family and friends.Award-winning historical novelist Ann Rinaldi paints a story of family courage and secrets during the forty-seven-day siege of Vicksburg a battle that has sometimes been ignored in history because it ended the same day as the Battle of Gettysburg.
language: English
title: My Vicksburg
publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers