{"product_id":"the-inland-campaign-for-vicksburg-five-battles-in-seventeen-days-may-1-17-1863-hardback-9780700636556","title":"The Inland Campaign for Vicksburg; Five Battles in Seventeen Days, May 1-17, 1863 (Hardback) 9780700636556","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Inland Campaign for Vicksburg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFive Battles in Seventeen Days, May 1-17, 1863\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTimothy B. Smith (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780700636556\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 May 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e560 pages, 22 b\u0026amp;w photos, 22 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 2 cm, 0.363 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Tim Smith unquestionably provides us with the best researched and most closely detailed account yet published of a complex series of events.” - \u003ci\u003eCivil War Books and Authors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In producing the fifth and final installment of his critically acclaimed study of the Vicksburg campaign Tim Smith saves his best work for last. Wielding his talented pen, the author chronicles the operational phase of the campaign during which Ulysses S. Grant and his Union Army of the Tennessee fought five battles in seventeen days as they drove deep into the interior of Mississippi and to the gates of Vicksburg. The insights and analysis Smith provides of the generalship of Grant and his opponent John C. Pemberton during this crucial phase of the campaign are spot-on and provide the reader with a comprehensive understanding of the complexities of these operations and the artistry of war. But it is the experiences of the common soldier that will captivate the reader, and here Smith is at his finest. More so than in his previous works he mines an impressive array of letters, diaries, and memoirs--scores of which are used here for the first time. With the skill of an artist, Smith weaves the words of the soldiers themselves to present a narrative that draws the reader into the midst of the long columns on the dusty march and to feel the confidence and determination of one army and the indecision that plagued the other. This volume--indeed the entire study--has earned a place alongside Bearss and Grabau in the pantheon of Vicksburg titles.” - Terrence J. Winschel, historian (ret.), Vicksburg National Military Park, and author of \u003ci\u003eTriumph \u0026amp; Defeat: The Vicksburg Campaign, Vols. 1–2\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this fifth and final volume of his renowned series detailing the campaign for Vicksburg, Tim Smith sheds much-needed light to this often-misunderstood episode of the Union’s efforts to take Vicksburg. In the entire nine-month-long campaign, there was no more tension and drama than in these seventeen days when Grant’s Army of the Tennessee marched through the wilds of Mississippi, claiming victory after victory, tearing the heart out of the State of Mississippi and the Confederacy. By the end of the swift assault, Grant arrived victorious at the exact place he had worked to gain for months: the high ground east of Vicksburg where he had access to both the city and an open and unchallenged supply route via the Yazoo River to the north. He could finally begin the process of capturing Vicksburg.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCivil War historians have long disagreed about how to understand this moment of the Vicksburg Campaign as they analyze Union supply lines, the swiftness of the campaign, and other salient details of Grant’s success. Amid this debate, Tim Smith has written the first standalone investigation of the Inland Campaign, which boasts new insights, keen attention to primary sources, and a broad, clear-eyed look at Grant's brilliance as he led the Army of the Tennessee toward Vicksburg.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompleting the Vicksburg series, this book lies between Smith’s \u003ci\u003eBayou Battles for Vicksburg\u003c\/i\u003e (January 1 - April 30, 1863) and \u003ci\u003eThe Union Assaults at Vicksburg\u003c\/i\u003e (May 17-22, 1863).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Maps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrologue: “\u003cbr\u003eAn Army Marches on Its Stomach”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. “\u003cbr\u003eI Have to Overcome Obstacles to Reach Him”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. “\u003cbr\u003eI Am Pushing Forward”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. “\u003cbr\u003eA Good Day for a Fight”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. “\u003cbr\u003eBowen Is Hard Pressed”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. “\u003cbr\u003eI Suppose Grant Knows Where He Is Taking Us”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. “\u003cbr\u003eThe Road to Vicksburg Is Open”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. “\u003cbr\u003eRations Now Are the Only Delay”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. “\u003cbr\u003eI Think He Knows What He Is Doing”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. “\u003cbr\u003eMississippi Is More Seriously Threatened than Ever Before”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. “\u003cbr\u003eThe Fight for Raymond Was to Take Place at This Point”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. “\u003cbr\u003eThere Has Been a Slight Change of Plan Since Yesterday”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. “\u003cbr\u003eColors Planted on the Capitol of Jackson”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. “\u003cbr\u003eGen’\u003cbr\u003el Pemberton Looked as If He Was Confused”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14. \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e38220\u003cbr\u003eThe Hill of Death”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15. “\u003cbr\u003eI Am of the Opinion that the Battle for Vicksburg Has Been Fought”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16. “\u003cbr\u003eA Victory Could Hardly Have Been More Complete”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue:“\u003cbr\u003eWe Have Performed the Greatest Campaign of the War”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 1: Union Orders of Battle, May 1–\u003cbr\u003e17, 1863\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 2. Confederate Orders of Battle, May1–\u003cbr\u003e17, 1863\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"University Press of Kansas","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670838309144,"sku":"9780700636556","price":40.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-inland-campaign-for-vicksburg-five-battles-in-seventeen-days-may-1-17-1863-hardback-9780700636556","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}