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Bezig met laden... Sherman's Mississippi Campaign (2006)door Buck T. Foster
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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 Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)976.2History and Geography North America South Central U.S. MississippiLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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A concurrent cavalry raid by Union General William Sooy Smith starting in Memphis, Tennessee, was supposed to join up with Sherman at Meridian, but was cut short in a humiliating defeat by Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest.
The author gives a lively and detailed account of the campaign from beginning to end, with background on its effect on the Confederate army and political leadership. Unfortunately, the narrative is padded throughout with endlessly repetitive explanations of Sherman's goals and methods. These can be skipped over, however, since they simply repeat what was said four or five times in the introduction. My main question is whether this short (one month) and fairly straightforward expedition merits a book. It is probably worth a chapter in a book on a larger related subject. ( )