The Civil War in the West [electronic resource] : victory and defeat from the Appalachians to the Mississippi / Earl J. Hess.
2012
E470.4 .H47 2012eb
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Title
The Civil War in the West [electronic resource] : victory and defeat from the Appalachians to the Mississippi / Earl J. Hess.
Author
Hess, Earl J.
ISBN
9780807869840 (electronic book)
9780807835425
9780807835425
Publication Details
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xv, 392 p.) : ill., maps.
Call Number
E470.4 .H47 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.7/34
Summary
Provides a history of Civil War battles fought in the stretch of land from the Appalachians to the Mississippi, discussing how the North leveraged the manpower of free blacks and advanced techonologies to come out the victor.
Note
"This volume of the Littlefield series is devoted to the land and river campaigns that took place in the Western theater of operations--from the Mississippi River eastward to the Appalachian Highlands"--Preface.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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Series
Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
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Civil War in the West.
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Table of Contents
Spring and summer 1861
Fall 1861
Fort Henry to Corinth
Occupation
The Gulf
Kentucky and Corinth
Winter campaigns
The Vicksburg Campaign and siege
Occupation and Port Hudson
From Tullahoma to Knoxville
Administering the western conquests
Atlanta
Behind the lines
Fall turning point
The last campaigns
End game.
Fall 1861
Fort Henry to Corinth
Occupation
The Gulf
Kentucky and Corinth
Winter campaigns
The Vicksburg Campaign and siege
Occupation and Port Hudson
From Tullahoma to Knoxville
Administering the western conquests
Atlanta
Behind the lines
Fall turning point
The last campaigns
End game.