Explore the Vicksburg campaign and the events surrounding this pivotal time in the American Civil War.

Union General Ulysses S. Grant’s Vicksburg campaign was the most outlandish maneuver of the American Civil War and included the largest amphibious military approach until the advent of the Second World War. Grant is widely heralded as the first amongst the leaders of modern warfare, and along with a good set of commanders and the considerable Army of the Tennessee, he used his charge on Vicksburg to dominate the Western Theater of the war during the summer of 1863.

The Union held the Confederate troops, which were under the leadership of the tactically inferior General John Pemberton, inside the ramparts of Vicksburg for a punishing six weeks. The town, perched on the high natural bluffs of the eastern Mississippi River, had been fortified to the extent that it was impenetrable, even by the Yankees who outnumbered their foes by four to one upon the Rebels’ surrender on July 4.

The Siege of Vicksburg, which happened in tandem with the Battle of Gettysburg that concluded the day before on July 3, 1863, is considered the most pivotal moment in the Civil War, as it was the turning point from which the South could never recover. 

In this audiobook, you will learn: 

• The complex series of battles and maneuvers that encapsulated the Vicksburg campaign
• The fascinating personalities of the commanders leading the North and South
• The importance of the mighty Mississippi River to the war efforts
• The decisions and events that led the Union to lay siege to Vicksburg
• What happened to the 30,000 Southerners who endured the siege
• Why the Siege of Vicksburg was a turning point of the Civil War

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