Holly Springs
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Holly Springs

Van Dorn, the CSS Arkansas and the Raid That Saved Vicksburg

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Holly Springs

Van Dorn, the CSS Arkansas and the Raid That Saved Vicksburg

About this book

Midway between Memphis and New Orleans along the Mississippi River, Vicksburg was essential to both Confederate and Union campaigns. With both sides bent on claiming the city, Vicksburg, and the fate of the nation, lay in the balance. General Ulysses S. Grant began his campaign on the city in November 1862, but he was forced to abandon the operation in December when the fiery General Earl Van Dorn made a daring raid on Grant's main supply depot at Holly Springs, Mississippi. With the help of the CSS Arkansas, Van Dorn's single day raid on Grant's supply base saved Vicksburg from Grant's forces for an entire year. Historian Brandon H. Beck recounts the tactics, leaders, and legends involved in this exciting, if overlooked, chapter of Civil War history.

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Information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9781609490492
eBook ISBN
9781614233275
Topic
History
Subtopic
American Civil War History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. Vicksburg: “Mississippians Dont’t Know, and Refuse to Learn, How to Surrender”
  10. 2. “Our Bold Young Leader” and the CSS Arkansas
  11. 3. General Van Dorn and Colonel Murphy: Charges Dismissed
  12. 4. Holly Springs and the Mississippi Central Railroad
  13. 5. Grant: On the Square in Oxford
  14. 6. “Van Dorn, Than Whom No Braver Man Lives”
  15. 7. Van Dorn on the Square in Holy Springs
  16. 8. Lifelines and the “Rending Pain of Memory”
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. About the Author