Grant’s Road to Destiny Part VII
February 29-March 3, 2012
Parker Hills and Len Riedel from Vicksburg, Mississippi
Continue on this recurring series with Hills (coauthor of the National Geographic Society best selling book Fields of Honor) and Riedel as they follow the fleeing Confederates in the wake of the disasters at Champion Hill and Big Black River into the entrenchments at Vicksburg. Walk the grounds extensively and follow in the tracks of the Federal assaults of May 19th and 22nd. This event will cover the final estrangement and separation of McClernand and Grant and witness the “ah ha” moment Sherman has when he realizes what Grant has done. This popular series is conducted in vans and registration is limited to the first 25.
The detailed itinerary is here: Grant’s Road to Destiny Part VII, Itinerary.
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Key Publications and Recommended Reading
Prices include shipping and handling.
| Edwin C. Bearss, The Campaign for Vicksburg, 3 volumes, $125 set | |
| Edwin C. Bearss with Parker Hills, Receding Tide: Vicksburg and Gettysburg, The Campaigns that changed the Civil War. $32.00 | |
| Michael Ballard, Vicksburg, The Campaign that Opened the Mississippi. $35.00 | |
| Warren Grabau, Ninety-Eight Days, A Geographer’s View of the Vicksburg Campaign. $50.00 |
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