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  • The Vicksburg Campaign, March 29–May 18, 1863

    by Michael B. Ballard, Stephen Nathaniel Dossman, William B. Feis, Jason M. Frawley, J. Parker Hills, Gary D. Joiner, Paul L. Schmelzer, Timothy B Smith, John R Lundberg ...
    Series series Civil War Campaigns in the West
    Ulysses S. Grant’s ingenious campaign to capture the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River was one of the most decisive events of the Civil War and one of the most storied military expeditions in American history. The ultimate victory at Vicksburg effectively cut the Confederacy in two, gave control of the river to Union forces, and delivered a devastating blow from which the South ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Grant at Vicksburg

    The General and the Siege

    by Michael B. Ballard ...
    Series series World of Ulysses S. Grant
    On May 22, 1863, after two failed attempts to take the city of Vicksburg by assault, Major General Ulysses S. Grant declared in a letter to the commander of the Union fleet on the Mississippi River that “the nature of the ground about Vicksburg is such that it can only be taken by a siege.” The 47-day siege of Vicksburg orchestrated by Grant resulted in the eventual surrender of the city and ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • Civil War Mississippi

    A Guide

    by Michael B. Ballard ...
    In the Civil War Mississippi experienced a protracted and devastating invasion, and Confederate and Union armies fought fiercely at Corinth, Holly Springs, Iuka, Port Gibson, Vicksburg, and many other sites throughout the state.With both tourists and Civil War buffs in mind, archivist Michael Ballard has written Civil War Mississippi: A Guide, the first comprehensive coverage of the war in the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Chickasaw, a Mississippi Scout for the Union

    The Civil War Memoir of Levi H. Naron, as Recounted by R. W. Surby

    Edited by Thomas D. Cockrell, Michael B. Ballard ...
    A well-to-do planter and slave owner in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, Levi Holloway Naron was an unlikely supporter of the Union. And yet, at the outbreak of war in 1861, his agitation against the Confederacy so outraged his fellow Mississippians that they drove him from his home. Bent on retaliation, Naron headed North, contacted the Union army, and was ushered into the presence of General ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • 1865

    America Makes War and Peace in Lincoln’s Final Year

    by Michael B. Ballard, Richard Wightman Fox, John F. Marszalek, Edna Greene Medford, Richard Striner, Michael Vorenberg, Frank J. Williams, Edward Steers Jr., Ronald C. White Jr. ...
    In 1865 Americans faced some of the most important issues in the nation’s history: the final battles of the Civil War, the struggle to pass the Thirteenth Amendment, the peace process, reconstruction, the role of freed slaves, the tragedy of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, and the trials of the conspirators. In this illuminating collection, prominent historians of nineteenth-century America offer ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • The Civil War in Mississippi

    Major Campaigns and Battles

    by Michael B. Ballard ...
    Series series Heritage of Mississippi Series
    From the first Union attack on Vicksburg in the spring of 1862 through Benjamin Grierson's last raid through Mississippi in late 1864 and early 1865, this book traces the campaigns, fighting, and causes and effects of armed conflict in central and North Mississippi, where major campaigns were waged and fighting occurred.The Civil War in Mississippi: Major Campaigns and Battles will be a must-read ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Battle of Vicksburg

    A UNC Press Civil War Short, Excerpted from Vicksburg: The Campaign That Opened the Mississippi

    by Michael B. Ballard ...
    Series series UNC Press E-Book Shorts
    The Vicksburg campaign was among the longest of the Civil War, lasting from 26 May 1862 to 4 July 1863. This Civil War Short provides a compelling narrative of the final six weeks of the campaign, excerpted from Michael Ballard’s Vicksburg: The Campaign That Opened the Mississippi, which blends strategy and tactics with the human element, reminding us that while Gettysburg has become the focal ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Vicksburg

    The Campaign That Opened the Mississippi

    by Michael B. Ballard ...
    Series series Civil War America
    Michael Ballard provides a concise yet thorough study of the 1863 battle that cut off a crucial river port and rail depot for the South and split the Confederate nation, providing a turning point in the Civil War. The Union victory at Vicksburg was hailed with as much celebration in the North as the Gettysburg victory and Ballard makes a convincing case that it was equally important to the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Of Times and Race

    Essays Inspired by John F. Marszalek

    Edited by Michael B. Ballard, Mark R. Cheathem ...
    Of Times and Race contains eight essays on African American history from the Jacksonian era through the early twentieth century. Taken together, these essays, inspired by noted scholar John F. Marszalek, demonstrate the many nuances of African Americans' struggle to grasp freedom, respect, assimilation, and basic rights of American citizens.Essays include Mark R. Cheathem's look at Andrew Jackson ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • The Civil War in Mississippi

    Major Campaigns and Battles

    by Michael B. Ballard ...
    Series series Heritage of Mississippi Series
    From the first Union attack on Vicksburg in the spring of 1862 through Benjamin Grierson's last raid through Mississippi in late 1864 and early 1865, this book traces the campaigns, fighting, and causes and effects of armed conflict in central and North Mississippi, where major campaigns were waged and fighting occurred.The Civil War in Mississippi: Major Campaigns and Battles will be a must-read ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Maroon and White

    Mississippi State University, 1878-2003

    by Michael B. Ballard ...
    Mississippi State University was founded in 1878 and opened its doors in 1880 as a land-grant school de-signed for teaching agriculture and mechanical arts. Building upon the work of John K. Bettersworth, Michael B. Ballard traces the evolution of this institution. From the beginning, first president Stephen D. Lee wanted to expand the university\'s vi-sion beyond agriculture and engineering. ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

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  • Civil War, A to Z

    The Complete Handbook of America's Bloodiest Conflict

    Edited by Clifford L. Linedecker ...
    With hundreds of entries, as well as photographs, drawings, and a handy time line of events, Civil War, A to Z encompasses everything about this historic conflict . . . from Appomattox to Zouaves.This encyclopedic illustrated reference features facts both familiar and engagingly new, organized in an easy-to-follow alphabetical format. Ranging from the basic to the bizarre, from secession to spies ... Read more

    $5.99 USD