Engineering victory : : the Union siege of Vicksburg / / Justin S. Solonick.
Saved in:
| VerfasserIn: | |
|---|---|
| Place / Publishing House: | Carbondale : : Southern Illinois University Press,, [2015] 2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Online Access: | |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (308 pages) :; illustrations, maps |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: with a spade in one hand and a gun in the other
- The engineer's art
- America's early sieges
- Preparing to dig them out
- Earthworks rose as by magic
- More roads to Rome than one
- The school of the sap
- The body snatchers
- Turning loose the dogs of war
- Toiling day and night
- The key to Vicksburg
- Conclusion: Vicksburg is ours!.