Pemberton: Defender of VicksburgThis is the first biography of the "Defender of Vicksburg," General John C. Pemberton. A Philadelphia native, Pemberton resigned from the United States Army in 1861 to fight on the side of the South, influenced by his Virginia-born wife and by his years o |
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Contents
Historical Position | 3 |
Family and Early Life | 7 |
Mexico and the Frontier | 13 |
Why Pemberton Went South | 20 |
Richmond and Charleston | 25 |
Background of the Vicksburg Campaign | 39 |
Grants First Attempt to Capture Vicksburg | 59 |
Grants Second Failure | 73 |
Battle of Bakers Creek or Champions Hill | 144 |
Battle of Big Black River and Retirement to Vicksburg | 166 |
The Siege | 178 |
The Surrender | 225 |
Aftermath of Surrender | 241 |
The Vicksburg Campaign in Review | 250 |
New Duties | 258 |
The Last Years | 267 |
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| Title | Pemberton: Defender of Vicksburg |
| Author | John C. Pemberton |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | UNC Press Books, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0807854433, 9780807854433 |
| Length | 366 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Military History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
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