Engineering victory : the Union siege of Vicksburg /
Solonick, Justin S., 1982-
Engineering victory : the Union siege of Vicksburg / Justin S. Solonick. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (xii, 289 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: with a spade in one hand and a gun in the other -- The engineer's art -- America's early sieges -- Preparing to dig them out -- Earthworks rose as by magic -- More roads to Rome than one -- The school of the sap -- The body snatchers -- Turning loose the dogs of war -- Toiling day and night -- The key to Vicksburg -- Conclusion: Vicksburg is ours!
Justin S. Solonick, PhD, is an adjunct instructor in the Department of History and Geography at Texas Christian University. His most recent publication, "Saving the Army of Tennessee: The Confederate Rear Guard at Ringgold Gap," appeared in The Chattanooga Campaign, published by SIU Press in 2012.
9780809333929
Military engineers--History--United States--19th century.
Military engineers--History--United States--19th century.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Engineering and construction.
Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Siege, 1863.
Electronic Books.
E475 / .E545 2015
Engineering victory : the Union siege of Vicksburg / Justin S. Solonick. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (xii, 289 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: with a spade in one hand and a gun in the other -- The engineer's art -- America's early sieges -- Preparing to dig them out -- Earthworks rose as by magic -- More roads to Rome than one -- The school of the sap -- The body snatchers -- Turning loose the dogs of war -- Toiling day and night -- The key to Vicksburg -- Conclusion: Vicksburg is ours!
Justin S. Solonick, PhD, is an adjunct instructor in the Department of History and Geography at Texas Christian University. His most recent publication, "Saving the Army of Tennessee: The Confederate Rear Guard at Ringgold Gap," appeared in The Chattanooga Campaign, published by SIU Press in 2012.
9780809333929
Military engineers--History--United States--19th century.
Military engineers--History--United States--19th century.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Engineering and construction.
Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Siege, 1863.
Electronic Books.
E475 / .E545 2015