Vicksburg

About the book

WALL STREET JOURNAL review: "In Vicksburg: The Bloody Siege That Turned the Tide of the Civil War," Samuel W. Mitcham Jr, a retired professor and prolific chronicler of World War II, re-examines the struggle, making clear at the outset his mission. 'Here,' he says, 'the Rebel side will be told'... Mr. Mitcham's prose is straightfoward, and he turns a nice phrase-he describes one faltering infantry charge that 'choked on its own blood.'"It was one of the bloodiest sieges of the war-a siege that d...Show more