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Title: Vicksburg: 47 Days of Siege by A. A. Hoehling ISBN: 0-8117-2980-X Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: April, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)

Rating: 3
Summary: Intriguing.
Comment: While most other Union generals are having a difficult time finding their hindquarters with both hands, Grant's Vicksburg siege allows him to capture his second complete Confederate Army in the field. By doing so he opens the Mississippi and literally splits the Confederacy in two.

This book details the 47 days of siege as it unfolded and resulted in the Western theater victory that would enable the Union to begin those operations which would ultimately crush the Southern Rebellion. Told from the viewpoint of those engaged on both sides, this story is at once poignant and powerful. Easily read, A.A. Hoehling has delivered a must read, detailing the fears and sorrows, the frustrations and death experienced by both sides.

Well done.

Rating: 4
Summary: Heart Felt Struggle!
Comment: This book is a fascinating study on the siege of Vicksburg. The chapters are well defined and easy to read with a closing chapter of photos and documents to give the reader additional understanding of the terrible struggle.

The first hand accounts grip you as you begin the book and hold your interest to the very last page. It's about real people who lived through very difficult and all too often, deadly times of war.

The only minor setback to this wonderful book is the lack of an index. It does however, give you two pages of data describing those with the book, as well as a glossary for anyone unfamiliar to Civil War terminology.

A thought provoking read that's well worth the extra effort of indexing if needed for research.

Rating: 4
Summary: Interesting Format, Fascinating Reading
Comment: The book uses a day-by-day approach to the story, quoting and paraphrasing first-hand references--diaries and reports of people on the scene. I found it very readable and interesting. Lots of good info and tidbits.

One complaint--and for me a big one--NO INDEX. It should be against the law to publish an historical book like this with no index. This makes it difficult to use as as serious reference work.

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