American Civil War Fortifications (3) The

The Mississippi River, the second longest in the US, played a decisive role in the American Civil War. The Confederate fortifications were put to the test in the lengthy Federal campaign of 1862-63, aimed at cutting off the rebel states of Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas and creating a blockade of the river. Vicksburg was a fortress city, known as the "Gibraltar of the Confederacy;" the initial Federal attack on May 19, 1863 failed to take the city and a state of siege ensued, which saw the creation of a complex system of trenches, tunnels, mines and batteries. This book examines these and other sites such as New Orleans and Port Hudson, and the role they played in the war. Book jacket.

Ron Field is Head of History at the Cotswold School in Burton-on-the-Water. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1982 and taught history at Piedmont High School in California from 1982 to 1983. He was associate editor of the Confederate Historical Society of Great Britain from 1983 to 1992. He is an internationally acknowledged expert on US military history, and was elected a Fellow of the Company of Military Historians, based in Washington, DC, in 2005.

Introduction	p. 4
Chronology	p. 6
The river campaigns, 1861-64	p. 7
The down-river campaign
The up-river campaign
The fortifications of Vicksburg, 1862-63	p. 29
The Confederate fortifications
The Union siege lines
Life in the Vicksburg fortifications	p. 51
The fate of the fortifications	p. 56
Glossary	p. 58
Visiting the forts today	p. 61
Bibliography and further reading	p. 63
Index	p. 64
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American Civil War Fortifications (3) The Mississippi and River Forts

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