Shaara, Jeff
Chain of Thunder a Novel of the Siege of Vicksburg Print A chain of thunder Jeff Shaara. - Ballantine Books trade paperback edition. - New York Ballantine Books 2013 - xxvi, 574 pages : maps ; 21 cm Paperback book. - Civil War in the West Book 2 .
A novel of the siege of Vicksburg.
May 1863. After months of bitter combat, Union troops under Major General Ulysses S. Grant at last successfully cross the Mississippi River, forcing the remanats of the Confederate lieutenant general John. C. Pemberton's army to retreat to Vicksburg. But after sustaining heavy losses, Union troops are losing confidence. Grant reluctantly decides to lay seige to the city. Six weeks later, the starving and destitute Southerners finally surrender the city, yielding command of the Mississippi River to the Union forces and marking a crucial turning point in the Civil War.
9780345527394 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 0345527399 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
2014381550
Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Siege, 1863
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Sha 2
Chain of Thunder a Novel of the Siege of Vicksburg Print A chain of thunder Jeff Shaara. - Ballantine Books trade paperback edition. - New York Ballantine Books 2013 - xxvi, 574 pages : maps ; 21 cm Paperback book. - Civil War in the West Book 2 .
A novel of the siege of Vicksburg.
May 1863. After months of bitter combat, Union troops under Major General Ulysses S. Grant at last successfully cross the Mississippi River, forcing the remanats of the Confederate lieutenant general John. C. Pemberton's army to retreat to Vicksburg. But after sustaining heavy losses, Union troops are losing confidence. Grant reluctantly decides to lay seige to the city. Six weeks later, the starving and destitute Southerners finally surrender the city, yielding command of the Mississippi River to the Union forces and marking a crucial turning point in the Civil War.
9780345527394 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 0345527399 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
2014381550
Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Siege, 1863
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Sha 2