num_pages: 512
description: 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.
language: English
title: Vicksburg: The Campaign That Opened The Mississippi
titlecomplete: Vicksburg: The Campaign That Opened The Mississippi
characters: John C. Pemberton
genres: Civil War, Nonfiction, Military Fiction, American Civil War, History
ratings_count: 133
places: Vicksburg, Mississippi
series: Civil War America
publisher: Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina Press, [