The Darkest Days of the War
Subtitle: The Battles of Iuka and Corinth (Civil War America)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: July 5, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780807857830
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Battles & campaigns; Civil war; c 1800 to c 1900; History: American; History; History - Military / War; Mississippi; Military - United States; United States - Civil War; Civil War; 1862; Confederate; northern Mississippi campaign; Vicksburg; Grant; Rosecrans; Van Dorn; Price; Confederacy; Civil War America; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
First sentence: There was a festive air in Memphis, Tennessee, the second week of April 1862, a gaiety that seemed to mock at Southern misfortune.