Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi (Classic Reprint)

Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi (Classic Reprint)

Author: William C. Everhart

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-21

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9780265564219

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Excerpt from Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi Davis steamed up river, leaving Vicksburg unopposed. The initial expedition against Vicksburg had failed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


The Original Vicksburg National Military Park and Vicinity

The Original Vicksburg National Military Park and Vicinity

Author: David B. Dumas

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2016-12-14

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1524652040

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The Vicksburg National Military Park as it exists today is about two-thirds the size of the original park. The book describes the park as it was when the park was created. The book contains the name and location of markers and monuments that are currently located in the park. The book contains a brief history of the park, early photographs, descriptions, and styles of state markers and monuments. There are early maps of the park showing all the trenches and approaches. This book will give the park visitor far more insight as to the locations of all the markers that were associated with the park.


Vicksburg and the Opening of the Mississippi River, 1862-63

Vicksburg and the Opening of the Mississippi River, 1862-63

Author:

Publisher: National Park Service Division of Publications

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13:

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Describes the 14 month defense of Vicksburg, Mississippi by Confederate forces and the 47 day siege of Vicksburg by Union naval and land forces, which led to the complete opening of the Mississippi River. This publication is based on a previous publication by William C. Everhart.


Vicksburg

Vicksburg

Author: William C. Everhart

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9781582188850

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This is the National Park Service Handbook Series No. 21. VICKSBURG AND THE MISSISSIPPI. Control of the Mississippi River, whose course meandered over 1,000 miles from Cairo, Ill., to the Gulf of Mexico and divided the Confederacy into almost equal parts, was of inestimable importance to the Union from the outbreak of hostilities.