The Civil War Siege of Jackson, Mississippi - Hardcover
by Jim Woodrick
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jim Woodrick, Terrence J. Winschel (Foreword by)Publish date:2016-04-18Pages:162
Language:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540211897ISBN-10:1540211894UPC:9781540211897Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, MilitaryBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), United States, State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.44 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCDWFTCZ1R
The Civil War Siege of Jackson, Mississippi
Even after a grueling forty-seven-day siege at Vicksburg, Ulysses S. Grant could not rest on his laurels. Just fifty miles away in Jackson, Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston and the Army of Relief still posed a threat to Grant s hard-won victory. General William Tecumseh Sherman countered by marching Union troops to Jackson. After a weeklong siege under a hot Mississippi sun, Johnston s army...
Language:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540211897ISBN-10:1540211894UPC:9781540211897Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, MilitaryBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), United States, State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.44 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCDWFTCZ1R
Woodrick, Jim: - Jim Woodrick is a graduate of Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. Since 1997, he has been with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, where he has served as the Civil War Sites Historian. He is currently director of the Historic Preservation Division. A life-long student of the Civil War, Jim has participated in living history events as a Civil War re-enactor...
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