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  • Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862

    by O. Edward Cunningham ...
    "May well be the best, most perceptive and authoritative account of the Battle of Shiloh." — The Weekly StandardThe bloody and decisive two-day battle of Shiloh on April 6-7, 1862 changed the entire course of the American Civil War. The stunning Northern victory thrust Union commander Ulysses S. Grant into the national spotlight, claimed the life of Confederate commander Albert S. Johnston, and ... Read more

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  • Champion Hill

    Decisive Battle for Vicksburg

    by Timothy B. Smith ...
    The Mississippi battle between Grant's and Pemberton's forces that sealed Vicksburg's fate.The Battle of Champion Hill was the decisive land engagement of the Vicksburg Campaign. The fighting on May 16, 1863, took place just twenty miles east of the river city, where the advance of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Federal army attacked Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's hastily gathered Confederates.The bloody ... Read more

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  • The Siege of Vicksburg

    Climax of the Campaign to Open the Mississippi River, May 23-July 4, 1863

    by Timothy B. Smith ...
    Series series Modern War Studies
    In The Siege of Vicksburg: Climax of the Campaign to Open the Mississippi River, May 23–July 4, 1863, noted Civil War scholar Timothy B. Smith offers the first comprehensive account of the siege that split the Confederacy in two. While the siege is often given a chapter or two in larger campaign studies and portrayed as a foregone conclusion, The Siege of Vicksburg offers a new perspective and ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • The Inland Campaign for Vicksburg

    Five Battles in Seventeen Days, May 1-17, 1863

    by Timothy B. Smith ...
    Series series Modern War Studies
    Winner: Laney PrizeIn this fifth and final volume of his renowned series detailing the campaign for Vicksburg, Tim Smith sheds much-needed light to this often-misunderstood episode of the Union’s efforts to take Vicksburg. In the entire nine-month-long campaign, there was no more tension and drama than in these seventeen days when Grant’s Army of the Tennessee marched through the wilds of ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • The Real Horse Soldiers

    Benjamin Grierson's Epic 1863 Civil War Raid Through Mississippi

    by Timothy B. Smith ...
    "This epic account is as thrilling and fast-paced as the raid itself and will quickly rival, if not surpass, Dee Brown's Grierson's Raid as the standard." —Terrence J. Winschel, historian (ret.), Vicksburg National Military ParkWinner, Operational/Battle History, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book AwardWinner, Fletcher Pratt Literary Award, Civil War Round Table of New YorkThere were ... Read more

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  • Altogether Fitting and Proper

    Civil War Battlefield Preservation in History, Memory, and Policy, 1861–2015

    by Timothy B. Smith ...
    “At last, the preservation of Civil War battlefields has received a comprehensive and critical historical treatment. Altogether Fitting and Proper combines a detailed accounting of federal, state, and private activity with an instructive critique of the role post–Civil War racism played in affecting and influencing various preservation efforts. Tim Smith reminds us, in very concrete ways, of the ... Read more

    $26.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Golden Age of Battlefield Preservation

    The Decade of the 1890’s and the Establishment of America’s First Five Military Parks

    by Timothy B. Smith ...
    The 1890s, argues Timothy B. Smith in his new book, represented the climax of battlefield preservation in America. But what makes this decade so important?This decade was the perfect time for the establishment of these national parks. Five Civil War battlegrounds—at Gettysburg, Chickamauga and Chattanooga, Shiloh, Antietam, and Vicksburg—were commemorated as national sites during this time. Just ... Read more

    $23.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Decision Was Always My Own

    Ulysses S. Grant and the Vicksburg Campaign

    by Timothy B Smith ...
    Series series World of Ulysses S. Grant
    The Vicksburg Campaign, argues Timothy B. Smith, is the showcase of Ulysses S. Grant’s military genius. From October 1862 to July 1863, Grant tried repeatedly to capture the Confederate river city. His final, daring move allowed him to land an army in Mississippi and fight his way to the gates of Vicksburg. He captured the city and Confederate garrison on July 4, 1863, opening the Mississippi ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • The Iron Dice of Battle

    Albert Sidney Johnston and the Civil War in the West

    by Timothy B. Smith ...
    Killed in action at the bloody Battle of Shiloh, Confederate general Albert Sidney Johnston stands as the highest-ranking American military officer to die in combat. His unexpected demise had cascading negative consequences for the South’s war effort, as his absence created a void in adequate leadership in the years that followed. In The Iron Dice of Battle, noted Civil War historian Timothy B. ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Shiloh

    Conquer or Perish

    by Timothy B. Smith ...
    Series series Modern War Studies
    Winner: Richard B. Harwell AwardWinner: Tennessee History Book AwardWinner: Douglas Southall Freeman AwardA critical moment in the Civil War, the Battle of Shiloh has been the subject of many books. However, none has told the story of Shiloh as Timothy Smith does in this volume, the first comprehensive history of the two-day battle in April 1862—a battle so fluid and confusing that its true nature ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • The Union Assaults at Vicksburg

    Grant Attacks Pemberton, May 17–22, 1863

    by Timothy B. Smith ...
    Series series Modern War Studies
    It was the third week of May 1863, and after seven months and six attempts, Ulysses S. Grant was finally at the doorstep of Vicksburg. What followed was a series of attacks and maneuvers against the last major section of the Mississippi River controlled by the Confederacy—and one of the most important operations of the Civil War. Grant intended to end the campaign quickly by assault, but the ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • Early Struggles for Vicksburg

    The Mississippi Central Campaign and Chickasaw Bayou, October 25-December 31, 1862

    by Timothy B. Smith ...
    Series series Modern War Studies
    In Early Struggles for Vicksburg, Tim Smith covers the first phase of the Vicksburg campaign (October 1862-July 1863), involving perhaps the most wide-ranging and complex series of efforts seen in the entire campaign. The operations that took place from late October to the end of December 1862 covered six states, consisted of four intertwined minicampaigns, and saw the involvement of everything ... Read more

    $43.19 USD