Vicksburg: The Campaign That Opened the Mississippi (Civil War America)

"Michael Ballard's Vicksburg must be considered essential reading for all Civil War historians interested in the Western Theater of operations. His astute analysis and deft interweaving of military decision making, campaign strategy and battle tactics, political and economic factors, and the many challenges confronting Southern civilians bring together in one volume the complexity of the fight for mastery of the Mississippi River."--Carol Reardon, author of Pickett's Charge in History and Memory