Sherman's Mississippi campaign [[electronic resource] /] / Buck T. Foster

• Autore: Foster Buckley Thomas
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 p.)
• Disciplina: 976.2/05
• Soggetto topico: Strategy
• Soggetto geografico: Mississippi History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns; Meridian (Miss.) History, Military 19th century; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-209) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Sherman's transformation -- The plan -- "We whipped him handsomely" -- "A miss is as good as a mile" -- Meridian falls -- "One of the most pestiferous nests-- in all the limits of Dixie" -- An opportunity lost -- "Meridian-- no longer exists".
• Sommario/riassunto: The rehearsal for the March to the Sea. With the fall of Vicksburg to Union forces in mid-1863, the Federals began work to extend and consolidate their hold on the lower Mississippi Valley. As a part of this plan, Major General William Tecumseh Sherman set out from Vicksburg on February 3, 1864, with an army of some 25,000 infantry and a battalion of cavalry. They expected to be joined by another Union force moving south from Memphis and supported themselves off the land as they traveled due east across Mississippi. She
• Titolo autorizzato: Sherman's Mississippi campaign
• ISBN: 0-8173-8132-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778241103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II