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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788189503321

Autore

Solonick Justin S. <1982->

Titolo

Engineering victory : the Union siege of Vicksburg / / Justin S. Solonick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-8093-3392-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Disciplina

973.7/344

Soggetti

Military engineers - United States - History - 19th century

Vicksburg (Miss.) History Siege, 1863

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Engineering and construction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: with a spade in one hand and a gun in the other -- The engineer's art -- America's early sieges -- Preparing to dig them out -- Earthworks rose as by magic -- More roads to Rome than one -- The school of the sap -- The body snatchers -- Turning loose the dogs of war -- Toiling day and night -- The key to Vicksburg -- Conclusion: Vicksburg is ours!.