The Guns of Vicksburg Author:Earl Schenck Miers War wears many faces to the private soldier - especially when the was is the Civil War, and the soldier is a 17-year-old Iowan, six feet tall and still growing. Catching General Ulysses S. Grant's eye this gangling teen becomes a spy with assignments ranging from the dangerous to the ridiculous. — Here, before and during Vicksburg, is the Civil ... more »War in touching reality, right down to the chiggers which are worse than the sharpshooters.« less