Early Struggles for Vicksburg Kay M. McClenney and consequences artfully unpacks its

and consequences artfully unpacks its universal importance and unsurpassed elegance

Even though he served two tours "in country" during the war's most frustrating period-from the infamous Easter Invasion through the Paris Peace negotiations-this is the first time he has written about the war from such a personal perspective

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Early Struggles for Vicksburg Kay M. McClenney and consequences artfully unpacks itsIn Early Struggles for Vicksburg, Tim Smith covers the first phase of the Vicksburg campaign (October 1862 July 1863), involving perhaps the most wide ranging and complex series of efforts seen in the entire campaign. The operations that took place from late October to the end of December 1862 covered six states, consisted of four intertwined minicampaigns, and saw the involvement of everything from cavalry raids to naval operations in addition to