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The Beleaguered City: The Vicksburg Campaign

The companion volume to Stars in Their Courses, this marvelous account of Grant's siege of the Mississippi port of Vicksburg continues Foote's narrative of the great battles of the Civil War—culled from his massive three-volume history—recounting a campaign which Lincoln called "one of the most brilliant in the world".

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 368 pages

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