National Park Civil War Series: Vicksburg

After a series of trial-and-error attempts, Union soldiers finally gained control of the crucial city of Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1863. Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant’s shift to and perfection of a diversion strategy threw Confederate Major General John Clifford Pemberton off the Union’s trail, resulting in a siege that would last forty-seven days. Shortly after this overtaking, the Trans-Mississippi supply lines were severed, creating unsurmountable logistical and strategic problems for the Confederacy. Symbolic of the Union’s success was the great river, the backbone of the nation, the father of waters, the Mississippi—now, as Abraham Lincoln put it, “unvexed to the sea.”

This new edition of The Campaign for Vicksburg from the popular National Park Service Civil War Series provides readers with context through historical photographs, paintings, and comprehensive troop maps. It is a fantastic resource to help visitors connect to the park sites and battlefields that interpret Vicksburg’s story.

Collect all National Park Service Civil War Series books, comprising more than 30 titles. From the first cannons fired at Fort Sumter, to Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, this award-winning collection illustrates the full scope of the war with remarkable vividness and accessibility.

Product Details

• Historical nonfiction
• 8"x11", full-color & perfect-bound, 56 pages
• Text by Michael B. Ballard, maps by George Skoch
• Printed in USA, published by Eastern National