The defense of Vicksburg
Subtitle: a Louisiana chronicle
By: Allan C. Richard, Jr. & Mary Margaret Higginbotham Richard ; foreword by Terrence J. Winschel.
Contributors: Richard, Mary Margaret, 1947-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Texas A & M University military history series ;; 90
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
Subjects: Soldiers -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg -- Biography.; Soldiers -- Louisiana -- Biography.; Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863.; Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.; Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863 -- Social aspects.; Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.
Genres: Biography.; Personal narratives, Confederate.; Personal narratives.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : every parish is doing her duty : 1860-March, 1862; title: Three more and we have a regiment : March 19-April 29, 1862; title: Direct your letter to Vicksburg : May 1- June 19, 1862; title: The blazing shells : June 21-July 31, 1862; title: Drilling almost all the time : August 11-December 25, 1862; title: Kill just one Yankee : December 26, 1862-April 28, 1863; title: The contest has now commenced : April 30-May 22, 1863; title: Surrounded by a wall of fire : May 23-June 8, 1863; title: Still we hold Vicksburg : June 9-July 3, 1863; title: We stacked our arms : July 4-20, 1863; title: Epilogue : marching and countermarching : August, 1863-June, 1865.