Prof. Clampitt (East Central University), the author of The Confederate Heartland, examines events in wartime Vicksburg following the surrender of 30,000 Confederate troops to U.S. Grant on July 4, ...

ISBN: 0700629068 Grant Attempts to Storm Vicksburg ... the capitol of Mississippi, and destroyed it as a commercial and logistical center of the area. Perhaps the most important decision made during ...