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Occupied Vicksburg (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions Of The American Civil War)

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During the Civil War, Vicksburg, Mississippi, assumed almost mythic importance in the minds of Americans: northerners and southerners, soldier and civilian. The city occupied a strategic and commanding position atop rocky cliffs above the Mississippi River, from which it controlled the great waterway. As a result, Federal forces expended enormous effort, expense, and troops in many attempts to capture Vicksburg. The immense struggle for this southern bastion ultimately heightened its importance beyond its physical and strategic value. Its psychological significance elevated the townÆs status to one of the warÆs most important locations. VicksburgÆs defiance dismayed northerners and delighted Confederates, who saw command of the river as a badge of honor. Finally, after a six-week siege that involved intense military and civilian suffering amid heavy artillery bombardment, Union forces captured the ôGibraltar of the Confederacy,ö ending the bloody campaign. While many historians have told the story of the fall of Vicksburg, Bradley R. Clampitt is the first to offer a comprehensive examination of life there after its capture by the United States military. In the war-ravaged town, indiscriminate hardships befell soldiers and civilians alike during the last two years of the conflict and immediately after its end. In Occupied Vicksburg, Clampitt shows that following the Confederate withdrawal, Federal forces confronted myriad challenges in the city including filth, disease, and a never-ending stream of black and white refugees. Union leaders also responded to the pressures of newly free people and persistent guerrilla violence in the surrounding countryside. Detailing the trials of blacks, whites, northerners, and southerners, Occupied Vicksburg stands as a significant contribution to Civil War studies, adding to our understanding of military events and the home front. ClampittÆs astute research provides insight into the very nature of the war and enhances existing scholarship on the experiences of common people during AmericaÆs most cataclysmic event.


  • | Author: Bradley R. Clampitt
  • | Publisher: Lsu Press
  • | Publication Date: Oct 19, 2016
  • | Number of Pages: 304 pages
  • | Language: English
  • | Binding: Hardcover/History
  • | ISBN-10: 0807163384
  • | ISBN-13: 9780807163382
Author:
Bradley R. Clampitt
Publisher:
Lsu Press
Publication Date:
Oct 19, 2016
Number of pages:
304 pages
Language:
English
Binding:
Hardcover/History
ISBN-10:
0807163384
ISBN-13:
9780807163382