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Island No. 10 : Struggle for the Mississippi Valley /
By February 1862 Confederate forces in Kentucky and Tennessee were falling back in disorder. Fort Henry on the Tennessee River and Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River fell to combined land and naval forces under Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant and Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote. These losses nece...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
[1996]
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Island No. 10 : |b Struggle for the Mississippi Valley / |c Larry J. Daniel, Lynn N. Bock. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Finest Strategic Position; 2. Too Much Haste Will Ruin Everything; 3. Defense to the Last Extremity; 4. We Have Received Marching Orders; 5. I Consider New Madrid of Great Importance; 6. The Cowardly Rebels Run Away; 7. Why Can't Foote Move?; 8. We Think Foote and His Gunboats a Good Deal of Humbug; 9. Be of Good Cheer and Hold Out; 10. Someone Said Something about a Canal; 11. Success Hangs upon Your Decision; 12. The Only Point of Exit; 13. Island Number Ten is Ours!; Appendix 1: The Opposing Forces. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Appendix 2: Strength of Confederate Forces, Madrid Bend, April 1, 1862Appendix 3: Dispute over Prisoner Returns; Notes; Bibliography; Index. | |
| 520 | |a By February 1862 Confederate forces in Kentucky and Tennessee were falling back in disorder. Fort Henry on the Tennessee River and Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River fell to combined land and naval forces under Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant and Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote. These losses necessitated the abandonment of the Rebel stronghold of Columbus, Kentucky. The entire upper Mississippi Valley lay open to Federal invasion. Toward that end, a new Union army under Major General John Pope began organizing at Commerce, Missouri. Confederate Major General John P. McCown was sent to plug. | ||
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