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Vicksburg's Long Shadow: The Civil War Legacy of Race and Remembrance (American Crisis Series)
Vicksburg's Long Shadow The Civil War Legacy of Race and Remembrance - American Crisis Series Author:Christopher Waldrep During the hottest days of the summer of 1863, while the nation's attention was focused ont he small town of Gettysburg, another momentuous battle was being fought along the banks of the Mississippi. In the Longest single campaign of the war, the siege of Vicksburg left 19,000 dead and wounded on both sides, gave the Union Army control of the Mi... more »ssissippi, and left the Confederacy cut in half. Christopher Waldrep takes a fresh look at how the Vicksburg campaign was fought and remembered.« less