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As the Civil War accelerated, Abraham Lincoln recognized that the army holding Vicksburg, a town located at a strategic bend in the Mississippi River, essentially controlled passage on the entire river. In the spring of 1863 General Ulysses S. Grant was given the task of capturing the town, thereby effectively cutting the Confederacy in half. His campaign, while often overlooked by the general public, is considered by some historians to be brilliant. In this highly readable treatment of the Vicksburg campaign, historian James R. Arnold, author of Napoleon Captures Austria, makes the case that Grant's adroit military maneuvers were the equal of Napoleonic campaigns. The story of this critical turning point in U.S. history is told in a lively manner, and character studies of men such as Jefferson Davis, Admiral David Farragut, Confederate general John Pemberton, and Grant himself enliven the text.
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"Sherman continued to doubt Grant’s strategy. He wondered how Grant could possibly maintain his army in a position between two enemy-held fortresses.… It was a matter of perspective. Grant was at the end of an exceedingly precarious supply line, isolated in hostile territory, positioned between Port Hudson and Vicksburg—two well-fortified, enemy-held citadels—outnumbered by his enemy, and with an unfordable river to his rear. Few generals would have considered this anything but a trap. Grant judged it an opportunity." —from the text Advance acclaim for Grant Wins the War "James Arnold is rapidly establishing himself as one of our leading military historians, with a succession of scholarly and carefully researched campaign narratives. His latest, on Vicksburg, is as timely, perceptive, and informative as ever." —Paddy Griffith author of Battle Tactics of the American Civil War
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As the Civil War accelerated, Abraham Lincoln recognized that the army holding Vicksburg, a town located at a strategic bend in the Mississippi River, essentially controlled passage on the entire river. In the spring of 1863 General Ulysses S. Grant was given the task of capturing the town, thereby effectively cutting the Confederacy in half. His campaign, while often overlooked by the general public, is considered by some historians to be brilliant. In this highly readable treatment of the Vicksburg campaign, historian James R. Arnold, author of Napoleon Captures Austria, makes the case that Grant's adroit military maneuvers were the equal of Napoleonic campaigns. The story of this critical turning point in U.S. history is told in a lively manner, and character studies of men such as Jefferson Davis, Admiral David Farragut, Confederate general John Pemberton, and Grant himself enliven the text.
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"Sherman continued to doubt Grant’s strategy. He wondered how Grant could possibly maintain his army in a position between two enemy-held fortresses.… It was a matter of perspective. Grant was at the end of an exceedingly precarious supply line, isolated in hostile territory, positioned between Port Hudson and Vicksburg—two well-fortified, enemy-held citadels—outnumbered by his enemy, and with an unfordable river to his rear. Few generals would have considered this anything but a trap. Grant judged it an opportunity." —from the text Advance acclaim for Grant Wins the War "James Arnold is rapidly establishing himself as one of our leading military historians, with a succession of scholarly and carefully researched campaign narratives. His latest, on Vicksburg, is as timely, perceptive, and informative as ever." —Paddy Griffith author of Battle Tactics of the American Civil War
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