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The Civil War on the Mississippi - Union Sailors, Gunboat Captains, and the Campaign to Control the River (Hardcover)
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The Civil War on the Mississippi - Union Sailors, Gunboat Captains, and the Campaign to Control the River (Hardcover)
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Flowing from its source in northern Minnesota to the Gulf of
Mexico, the Mississippi River borders or passes through ten
different states and serves as one of the most important
transportation systems in the United States. During the Civil War,
both sides believed that whoever controlled the river would
ultimately be victorious. Cotton exports generated much-needed
revenue for the Confederacy, and the Mississippi was also the main
conduit for the delivery of materials and food. Similarly, the
Union sought to maintain safe passage from St. Louis, Missouri, to
Cairo, Illinois, but also worked to bisect the South by seizing the
river as part of the Anaconda Plan. Drawing heavily on the diaries
and letters of officers and common sailors, Barbara Brooks Tomblin
explores the years during which the Union navy fought to win
control of the Mississippi. Her approach provides fresh insight
into major battles such as Memphis and Vicksburg, but also offers
fascinating perspectives on lesser-known aspects of the conflict
from ordinary sailors engaged in brown-water warfare. These men
speak of going ashore in foraging parties, assisting the surgeon in
the amputation of a fellow crewman's arm, and liberating supplies
of whiskey from captured enemy vessels. They also offer candid
assessments of their commanding officers, observations of the local
people living along the river, and their views on the war. The
Civil War on the Mississippi not only provides readers with a
comprehensive and vivid account of the action on the western
rivers; it also offers an incredible synthesis of first-person
accounts from the front lines.
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