Griersons Raid

The most brilliant expedition of the Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman In 1863 Union colonel Benjamin H Grierson was chosen for a secret mission to lead three regiments of horsemen and a battery of artillery seventeen hundred men in all on a slashing raid through the state of Mississippi Their objective was to damage a major Confederate rail line, spreading alarm and destroying enemy supplies in the process Union leaders were relying on Grierson to provide cover as they moved thousands of troops into position for a major and ultimately victorious assault on Vicksburg, the South s vital transportation hub on the Mississippi River Owing to Grierson s shrewd tactics, as well as luck and the skilled soldiering of his men, the raid was wildly successful in every respect.Here is an exciting day by day account of this grueling sixteen day adventure, which weaves together several first person accounts from Grierson and his soldiers themselves and is heavily illustrated with maps and period photographs. Best Download eBook Griersons Raid Author Tom Lalicki – kino-fada.fr The war is not going well for the Union army In the east, the Army of the Potomac is dealt one humiliating loss after another at the hands of Confederate General Robert E Lee In the west, Union General Ulysses S Grant s push down the Mississippi valley has stalled at the port city of Vicksburg, Mississippi Citizens in the North are growing weary of war and believe that victory is no longer possible What the country needs is a morale boast In April, 1863, they get it through one of the mo The war is not going well for the Union army In the east, the Army of the Potomac is dealt one humiliating loss after another at the hands of Confederate General Robert E Lee In the west, Union General Ulysses S Grant s push down the Mississippi valley has stalled at the port city of Vicksburg, Mississippi Citizens in the North are growing weary of war and believe that victory is no longer possible What the country needs is a morale boast In April, 1863, they get it...Overall, this book was in the top three of my most favorite books because its detailed writing make me feel like I was there with Colonel Grieson finding a way to New Orleans I ve always been interested with the Civil War and knew that this book would give meknowledge than I could have ever learned in school Before I read this book I knew only a couple main battles in the Civil War such as Gettysburg, and the first and second Bull Run This is definitely an action packed book that kept m Overall, this book was in the top three of my most favorite books because its detailed writing make me feel like I was there with Colonel Grieson finding a way to New Orleans I ve always been interested with the Civil War and knew that this book would give meknowledge than I could have ever learned in school Before I read this ...

• English
• 06 February 2017
Tom Lalicki
• Hardcover
• 208 pages
• 0374327874
• Tom Lalicki
• Griersons Raid