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The web of victory : Grant at Vicksburg / Earl Schenck Miers.

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ISBN: 0807111996 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780807111994 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xiv, 320 pages, xii, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition: Louisiana pbk. ed.
Publisher: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1984.
Copyright: ©1983

General Note:	Reprint. Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1955. "L-196"--Spine.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-320) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Too many generals -- Portrait of a general -- The disgruntled bridegroom -- "Tired of furnishing brains" -- A bleak Yuletide -- Billy's bedevilments -- Decision at Young's Point -- The moth and the flame -- Fighting in the river -- The hares and the tortoise -- Battle in the bayous -- The big gamble -- Tensing for the spring -- Guns, Whisky, and tactics -- Champion's Hill -- McClernand claims a victory -- City of caves -- Life in the ditches -- On fanning a general to sleep -- "A jackass in the original package" -- A sadistic widow -- "Rats and other small deer" -- Two pieces of advice -- "Fort Hell" -- "We had caught our rabbit" -- Memories at Mount McGregor.