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Grant Wins the War : Decision at Vicksburg
Grant Wins the War Decision at Vicksburg Author:James R. Arnold "Sherman continued to doubt Grants strategy. He wondered how Grant could possibly maintain his army in a position between two enemy-held fortresses. It was a matter of perspective. Grant was at the end of an exceedingly precarious supply line, isolated in hostile territory, positioned between Port Hudson and Vicksburgtwo well-f... more »ortified, enemy-held citadelsoutnumbered by his enemy, and with an unfordable river to his rear. Few generals would have considered this anything but a trap. Grant judged it an opportunity." from the text Advance acclaim for Grant Wins the War "James Arnold is rapidly establishing himself as one of our leading military historians, with a succession of scholarly and carefully researched campaign narratives. His latest, on Vicksburg, is as timely, perceptive, and informative as ever." Paddy Griffith author of Battle Tactics of the American Civil War« less