Vicksburg: 47 Days of Siege
- ISBN-10
- 081172980X
- ISBN-13
- 9780811729802
- Series
- Vicksburg
- Category
- Vicksburg (Miss.)
- Pages
- 386
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Author
- A. A. Hoehling
Description
Civil War diaries and memoirs of inhabitants of besieged Vicksburg and soldiers reveal the heroism and sacrifice that marked the Confederate experience.
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