War on the Mississippi - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook War on the Mississippi write by Jerry Korn. This book was released on 1983. War on the Mississippi available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Mississippi in the Civil War
Mississippi in the Civil War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mississippi in the Civil War write by Timothy B. Smith. This book was released on 2010-04-08. Mississippi in the Civil War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Mississippi in the Civil War: The Home Front, Timothy B. Smith examines Mississippi's Civil War defeat by both outside and inside forces. From without, the Union army dismantled the state's political system, infrastructure, economy, and fighting capability. The state saw extensive military operations, destruction, and bloodshed within her borders. One of the most frightful and extended sieges of the war ended in a crucial Confederate defeat at Vicksburg, the capstone to a tremendous Union campaign. As Confederate forces and Mississippi became overwhelmed militarily, the populace's morale began to crumble. Realizing that the enemy could roll unchecked over the state, civilians, Smith argues, began to lose the will to continue the struggle. Many white Confederates chose to return to the Union rather than see continued destruction in the name of a victory that seemed ever more improbable. When the tide turned, Unionists and African Americans boldly stepped up their endeavors. The result, Smith finds, was a state vanquished and destined to endure suffering far into its future. The first examination of the state's Civil War home front in seventy years, this book tells the story of all classes of Mississippians during the war, focusing new light on previously neglected groups such as women and African Americans. The result is a revelation of the heart of a populace facing the devastating impact of total war.
The Civil War in Mississippi
The Civil War in Mississippi - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Civil War in Mississippi write by Michael B. Ballard. This book was released on 2014-09-18. The Civil War in Mississippi available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the first Union attack on Vicksburg in the spring of 1862 through Benjamin Grierson's last raid through Mississippi in late 1864 and early 1865, this book traces the campaigns, fighting, and causes and effects of armed conflict in central and North Mississippi, where major campaigns were waged and fighting occurred.
Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy
Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy write by Gary D. Joiner. This book was released on 2007. Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Union inland navy that became the Mississippi Squadron is one of the greatest, yet least studied aspects of the Civil War. Without it, however, the war in the West may not have been won, and the war in the East might have lasted much longer and perhaps ended differently. The men who formed and commanded this large fighting force have, with few exceptions, not been as thoroughly studied as their army counterparts. The vessels they created were highly specialized craft which operated in the narrow confines of the Western rivers in places that could not otherwise receive fire support. Ironclads and gunboats protected army forces and convoyed much needed supplies to far-flung Federal forces. They patrolled thousands of miles of rivers and fought battles that were every bit as harrowing as land engagements yet inside iron monsters that created stifling heat with little ventilation. This book is about the intrepid men who fought under these conditions and the highly improvised boats in which they fought. The tactics their commanders developed were the basis for many later naval operations. Of equal importance were lessons learned about what not to do. The flag officers and admirals of the Mississippi Squadron wrote the rules for modern riverine warfare.
Forgotten Time
Forgotten Time - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Forgotten Time write by John C. Willis. This book was released on 2000. Forgotten Time available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Examining the lives of individuals - freedmen, planters, and merchants - Willis explores the reciprocal interests of former slaves and former slaveholders. He shows how, in a cruel irony replicated in other areas of the South, the backbreaking work that African Americans did to clear, settle, and farm the land away from the river made the land ultimately too valuable for them to retain.
