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The Civil War in the West : victory and defeat from the Appalachians to the Mississippi

2012

Title:	The Civil War in the West : victory and defeat from the Appalachians to the Mississippi / Earl J. Hess.
Format:	Book
Author:	Hess, Earl J.
Publisher, Date:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2012.
Description:	xv, 392 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Summary:	Provides a history of Civil War battles fought in the stretch of land from the Appalachians to the Mississippi, discussing how the North leveraged the manpower of free blacks and advanced techonologies to come out the victor.
Series:	Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
Subjects:	Southwest, Old -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. Mississippi River Valley -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.

Notes:	"This volume of the Littlefield series is devoted to the land and river campaigns that took place in the Western theater of operations--from the Mississippi River eastward to the Appalachian Highlands"--Preface. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	Spring and summer 1861 -- Fall 1861 -- Fort Henry to Corinth -- Occupation -- The Gulf -- Kentucky and Corinth -- Winter campaigns -- The Vicksburg Campaign and siege -- Occupation and Port Hudson -- From Tullahoma to Knoxville -- Administering the western conquests -- Atlanta -- Behind the lines -- Fall turning point -- The last campaigns -- End game.
Web Site:	ebrary

LCCN:	2011035950
ISBN:	9780807835425 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807835420 (cloth : alk. paper)
Other Number:	747947356
Control Number:	2282619

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