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Engineering Victory : The Union Siege of Vicksburg.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (233 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780809333929
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Engineering VictoryDDC classification:
  • 973.7/344
LOC classification:
  • E475
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Table -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: With a Spade in One Hand and a Gun in the Other -- 1. The Engineer's Art -- 2. America's Early Sieges -- 3. Preparing to Dig Them Out -- 4. Earthworks Rose as by Magic -- 5. More Roads to Rome Than One -- 6. The School of the Sap -- 7. The Body Snatchers -- 8. Turning Loose the Dogs of War -- 9. Toiling Day and Night -- 10. The Key to Vicksburg -- Conclusion: Vicksburg Is Ours! -- Appendix: How Many Union Engineer Officers Served during the Vicksburg Siege? -- Glossary -- Bibliographic Essay -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover.
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Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Table -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: With a Spade in One Hand and a Gun in the Other -- 1. The Engineer's Art -- 2. America's Early Sieges -- 3. Preparing to Dig Them Out -- 4. Earthworks Rose as by Magic -- 5. More Roads to Rome Than One -- 6. The School of the Sap -- 7. The Body Snatchers -- 8. Turning Loose the Dogs of War -- 9. Toiling Day and Night -- 10. The Key to Vicksburg -- Conclusion: Vicksburg Is Ours! -- Appendix: How Many Union Engineer Officers Served during the Vicksburg Siege? -- Glossary -- Bibliographic Essay -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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