Grant moves south
Title:
Grant moves south
Author:
Catton, Bruce, 1899-1978, author.
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Publication Information:
Boston : Little, Brown, [1960]
©1960
Physical Description:
x, 564 pages : portrait, maps ; 22 cm
Summary:
This book covers such battles and campaigns as Belmont, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Chickasaw Bayou, Edwards Station, and Vicksburg.
General Note:
A continuation of Lloyd Lewis' Captain Sam Grant.
Language:
English
Contents:
"Tomorrow I move South" -- Assignment in Missouri -- Time of preparation -- "You looked like giants" -- General Halleck takes over -- Limited objectives -- Between the rivers -- Unconditional surrender -- Aftermath of victory -- "What command have I now?" -- The guns on the bluff -- The question of surprise -- The unpronounceble man -- "To be terrible on the enemy" -- Victory, and a new plan -- Forrest, Van Dorn and McClernand -- A noun is the name of a thing -- Winter of discontent -- The man on the river -- An end to worry -- "Hardtack! Hardtack!" -- The core of iron -- Sling the knapsack for new fields.
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Format :
Book