The Fight For The Yazoo August 1862july 1864 Swamps Forts And Fleets On Vicksburgs Northern Flank
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 2012
Number of pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780786462810
Description: "After losing the CSS Arkansas August 1862, Union and Confederate eyes turned to the Yazoo River, which formed the developing northern flank for the South's fortress at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Federal efforts to capture it focused on possession of that stream. From July 1863 to August 1864, Confederate resistance necessitated Federal attention. Book recounts the whole story"--Provided by publisher.