Sherman''s Mississippi Campaign
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0817315195
ISBN-13
9780817315191
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press
Imprint
The University of Alabama Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 15th, 2006
Print length
232 Pages
Weight
528 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.20 x 2.20 cms
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As a part of the plan to hold the lower Mississippi Valley, Major General William Tecumseh Sherman set out from Vicksburg on February 3, 1864. Though not a particularly effective campaign in terms of enemy soldiers captured or killed, it offers an opportunity to observe how this large-scale raid presaged Sherman's Atlanta and Carolina campaigns.
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 supported themselves off the land as they travelled due east across Mississippi. Sherman entered Meridian on February 14 and thoroughly destroyed its railroad facilities, munitions plants, and cotton stores. Though not a particularly effective campaign in terms of enemy soldiers captured or killed, it offers a rich opportunity to observe how this large-scale raid presaged Sherman''s Atlanta and Carolina campaigns, revealing the transformation of Sherman''s strategic thinking.
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