Photo: Heavy artillery pieces that were used by the Union in order to force the besieged city and its defenders into surrender
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Identifier: photographichist02mill (find matches) Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880- Subjects: United States — History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States — History Civil War, 1861-1865 Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co. Contributing Library: New York Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ‘ Text Appearing After Image: HI&MT, 1911, HtVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. THE WORK OF THE BESIEGERS Battery Sherman, on tlie Jackson Road, before Vicksburg. Settling down to a siege did not mean idlenessfor Grants army. Fortifications had to be opposed to the formidable one of the Confederates and a con-stant bombardment kept up to silence their gnns, one by one. It was to he a (haw ii-ont duel in whicliPemberton, hoping for the long-delayed relief from Johnston, held ont bravely against starvation and evenmutiny. For twelve miles the Federal lines stretched around Vicksburg, investing it to the river bank,north and south. More than eighty-nine battery positions were constructed by the Federals. BatterySherman was exceptionally well built—not merely revetted with rails or cotton-bales and floored withrough timber, as lack of proper material often made necessary. Gradually the lines were drawn closer amicloser as the Federals moved up their guns to silence the works that they had failed to take in May. Atthe time of t Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability – coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
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The Campaigns for Vicksburg, 1862-1863: 1 of 2: Leadership Lessons Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Kevin Dougherty (Author), Norman Dietz (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)
Long relegated to a secondary position behind Gettysburg, Vicksburg has more recently earned consideration by historians as the truly decisive battle of the Civil War. Indeed, Vicksburg is fascinating on many levels. A focal point of both western armies, the Federal campaign of maneuver that finally isolated the Confederates in the city was masterful. The Navy’s contribution to the Federal victory was significant. The science of the fortifications and siege tactics are rich in detail. The human drama of Vicksburg’s beleaguered civilian population is compelling, and the Confederate cavalry dashes that first denied the Union victory were thrilling. But perhaps more than any other factor, the key to the Federal victory at Vicksburg was simply better leadership. It is this aspect of the campaign that Leadership Lessons: The Campaigns for Vicksburg, 1862–1863 seeks to explore. The first section of this book familiarizes the reader with the challenges, characteristics, and styles associated with leadership during the Civil War in general. It also outlines the Vicksburg Campaign by explaining the strategic significance of the Mississippi River and Vicksburg, detailing the opposing forces and the terrain, discussing the failed attempts to capture Vicksburg over the winter of 1862–63, and tracing the brilliant campaign of maneuver and logistics that allowed Grant to ultimately lay siege and win a Federal victory. The second section of the book contains 30 “leadership vignettes” that span the actions of the most senior leaders down to those of individual soldiers. Each vignette focuses the campaign overview to the specific situation in order to provide appropriate context, explains the action in terms of leadership lessons learned, and concludes with a short list of “take-aways” to crystallize the lessons for the reader. The human drama of Vicksburg involved such traits as daring, persistence, hesitation, raw courage, vascillation, self-confidence, and over-reliance―all with a great prize at stake. This study of many of the Civil War’s most famous commanders who vied for the Rebel “Gibraltar on the Mississippi” reveals combat on a wide scale, but more importantly lessons on decision-making that still apply to this day. Kevin Dougherty, a career Army officer and more recently a university history instructor and tactical officer at the Citadel, is the author of six previous books on the Civil War.
