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Title: War on the Mississippi: Grant's Vicksburg Campaign (The Civil War) by Jerry Korn, Editors of Time-Life Books ISBN: 0-8094-4744-4 Publisher: Time-Life Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1985 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The Fight for the Great River, May 1862-July 1863
Comment: "War on the Mississippi" by Jerry Korn and the Editors of Time-Life Books, as the subtitle notes, deals with Grant's Vicksburg Campaign although it does reflect the entire fight for control of the great river from May 1862 to July 1863. Chapter 1, "Defiance from Vicksburg," establishes the strategic and symbolic importance of the port city to both sides at that point in the Civl War. Chapter 2, "The Bayou Experiments," covers Grants ambitious attempt to bypass the city by having his soldiers dredge a canal across a bend in the Mississippi. Chapter 3, "A Beachhead on the East Bank," despite the title, deals more with Porter's running the guns of Vicksburg and Colonel Grierson's 16-day raid through enemy territory (which inspired the John Wayne film "The Horse Soldiers"). Chapter 4, "The Sweep to the Big Black," details the Federal assaults on Jackson and Champion's Hill. Chapter 5, "Closing the Ring," relates the 48-day siege of Vicksburg that resulted in the city's surrender on July 3rd, at the same time of Pickett's charge across the fields of Gettysburg. This particular volume in the Time-Life Civil War series is above average in terms of the contemporary drawings, etchings, lithographs, maps and paintings, which says something since it is the illustrations rather than the text which makes this series worth having. The Vicksburg Campaign lacks the great battle that defined the battle in the East with the Army of the Potomac, but in many ways it does preshadow the way the war would finally end, with the siege of Richmond.
Rating: 4
Summary: Another good book from Time-Life
Comment: Time-Life is dependable. This installment is readable and has great illustrations. What it lacks in detail, it makes up for in sheer entertainment and overall scope. Good introduction to the topic.
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Title: Pursuit to Appomattox: The Last Battles (Civil War Series) by Jerry Korn ISBN: 0809447886 Publisher: Time-Life Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1987 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Assassination: Death of the President (Civil War Series) by Champ Clark ISBN: 0809448203 Publisher: Time-Life Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1987 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Blockade: Runners and Raiders (Civil War) by Time-Life Editors ISBN: 0809447088 Publisher: Time-Life Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1983 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Sherman's March: Atlanta to the Sea (Civil War) by David Nevin ISBN: 0809448122 Publisher: Time-Life Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1986 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Struggle for Tennessee: Tupelo to Stones River (The Civil War) by James, Jr. Street, Time-Life Books Editors ISBN: 0809447606 Publisher: Time-Life Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1985 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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