| The Civil War Siege of Jackson, Mississippi Contributor(s): Woodrick, Jim (Author), Winschel, Terrence J. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1626197296 ISBN-13: 9781626197299 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - United States - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: 973.7 |
| LCCN: 2015953414 |
| Series: Civil War |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Locality - Jackson, Mississippi - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Even after a grueling forty-seven-day siege at Vicksburg, Ulysses S. Grant could not rest on his laurels. Just fifty miles away in Jackson, Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston and the "Army of Relief" still posed a threat to Grant's hard-won victory. G |
Contributor Bio(s): Woodrick, Jim: - Jim Woodrick is a graduate of Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. Since 1997, he has been with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, where he has served as the Civil War Sites Historian. He is currently director of the Historic Preservation Division. A life-long student of the Civil War, Jim has participated in living history events as a Civil War re-enactor and is an active member of several Civil War preservation organizations. He lives in Ridgeland, Mississippi. |