Sacrifice at Vicksburg
Subtitle: letters from the front
By: edited by Susan T. Puck.
Contributors: Puck, Susan T., 1924-
Publisher: Burd Street Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Shippensburg, PA, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885.; Richmond family -- Correspondence.; United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 23rd (1862-1865); Soldiers -- Wisconsin -- Columbia County -- Correspondence.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; Wisconsin -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863 -- Personal narratives.; Columbia County (Wis.) -- Biography.
Description: Sacrifice at Vicksburg is the story of three soldiers of the 23rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry from their September 1862 enlistment to the end of their military service. After only a week's training, their army life started by chasing Braxton Bragg's army through Kentucky. They then went down river to Memphis, and with Grant through the swamps of Mississippi to Vicksburg.

Their participation in Grant's assaults and siege resulted in letters of unique value, showing Grant's success from an enlisted perspective.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 108-109) and index.