num_pages: 260
description: Argues that the Union's successful campaign to gain control of the Mississippi River split the Confederacy in half and left Lee's army in Virginia cut off from Southern ports and commercial centers.
language: English
title: Thunder Along the Mississippi: The River Battles That Split The Confederacy
titlecomplete: Thunder Along the Mississippi: The River Battles That Split The Confederacy
genres: Civil War Western Theater, History, Civil War, American Civil War
ratings_count: 28
publisher: Castle