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Blood on the bayou : Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and the Trans-Mississippi /
Blood on the Bayou: Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and the Trans-Mississippi takes a well-known story, the struggle for control of the Mississippi River in the American Civil War, and recasts it as a contest for control of African-American populations. The Emancipation Proclamation may have freed the slave...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Buffalo Gap, Texas :
State House Press,
[2015]
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Blood on the Bayou: Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and the Trans-Mississippi takes a well-known story, the struggle for control of the Mississippi River in the American Civil War, and recasts it as a contest for control of African-American populations. The Emancipation Proclamation may have freed the slaves, but the task of actually moving these liberated people into the Union lines and directing their labor to the benefit of the Union fell to the Federal army and navy. Control of the Mississippi has often been cast in economic terms. This book, by examining the campaigns from west of the river, |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-452) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1933337664 9781933337661 |