The Fiery Trail: The Events Of One Year Decided The Nation's Future

Authors

Robert Mann

ISBN

553103148

Publisher

Bantam

Abstract

The summer of 1863 was a cruel season for the 4,500 starving, beleaguered citizens of Vicksburg, Mississippi. For the Confederacy, the town was the most strategic spot in the West. The fate of Vicksburg -- now surrounded by the 77,000 men commanded by Union general Ulysses S. Grant -- might just det....

DOI

10.31390/cwbr.1.1.27

Recommended Citation

Mann, Robert (1999) "The Fiery Trail: The Events Of One Year Decided The Nation's Future," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 1 : Iss. 1 .
DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.1.1.27
Available at: https://repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol1/iss1/27