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The Civil War on the Mississippi - Union Sailors, Gunboat Captains, and the Campaign to Control the River (Paperback)
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The Civil War on the Mississippi - Union Sailors, Gunboat Captains, and the Campaign to Control the River (Paperback)
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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 country. 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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