Vicksburg Is the Key
Subtitle: The Struggle for the Mississippi River (Great Campaigns of the Civil War)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Bison Books
Published: September 15, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780803293441
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil war; History: American; History; History - Military / War; USA; Military - United States; United States - Civil War; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
First sentence: Long before cannon thundered at Fort Sumter, Americans North and South recognized the economic importance of the Mississippi River and its tributaries in the sprawling region west of the Appalachian Mountains.