Receding tide : Vicksburg and Gettysburg : the campaigns that changed the Civil War
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- ISBN: 9781426205101 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1426205104 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781426205606 (e-book)
- ISBN: 1426205600 (e-book)
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399 p. : maps ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c2010.
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General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword: American icon -- Introduction: Trinity and tide -- 1: Richmond and the river -- 2: Series of experiments -- 3: War has responsibilities -- 4: What will the country say? -- 5: To the railroad east of Vicksburg -- 6: Concentration of troops -- 7: On the offense -- 8: Commit no blunder -- 9: Devil's to pay -- 10: Best three hours' fighting -- 11: Give them the cold steel -- Epilogue -- Reflections -- Acknowledgments -- About the Blue and Gray Education Society -- Index. |
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Subject: | United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Vicksburg (Miss.) History Siege, 1863 Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 |
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Receding Tide : Vicksburg and Gettysburg: the Campaigns That Changed the Civil War
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Receding Tide : Vicksburg and Gettysburg: the Campaigns That Changed the Civil War
Edwin Cole Bearss is America's premier battlefield historian and the historian emeritus of the National Park Service. Author of 13 books, he has also served as a consultant on numerous documentaries and films, including Ken Burns's The Civil War.