Michael B. Ballard is university archivist and coordinator of the congressional and political research center at Mississippi State University. He is the author of five previous books, including Pemberton: A Biography and A Long Shadow: Jefferson Davis and the Final Days of the Confederacy.
[A] significant contribution to Civil War literature.--On
Point-Journal of Army History
[A] superb one volume book on the campaign. . . Vicksburg is a
seminal work that looks at the campaign with a new military
approach.--Southern Historian
A complete picture of the campaign, spanning the full range of
civilian-military interaction as well as the more traditional
aspects of military history. . . . An extremely detailed and useful
synthesis on the strategic, military and social aspects of the
Vicksburg campaign in a single well-bound volume.--Journal of
Military History
A readable and informative examination of the operations taken to
defend the city of Vicksburg. . . . A welcome addition to the
literature of the campaign that sheds further light on the
all-important and decisive Western theater in the Civil War.--The
Historian
A thorough, well-researched account of the Vicksburg campaign. . .
. [Ballard] describes marches and battles with lavish unit-by-unit
detail.--America's Civil War
An extremely useful summary of the campaign that succeeds in
setting it in the wider context of the war itself. Future campaign
studies would do well to follow this example.--Journal of Southern
History
Ballard's knowledge of Vicksburg and its history in the Civil War
is unsurpassed. His work on Vicksburg is surely to make even the
most learned scholar of the war take notice. . . . --Georgia
Historical Quarterly
Fresh, powerful, and authoritative. Michael Ballard is at his best
and demonstrates why he is one of the few historians who can truly
claim mastery of the complexities that make the Vicksburg campaign
so daunting a study. . . . A crisp, clear read [that] will intrigue
even the most discerning student of the Civil War.--Civil War Book
Review
Provides a great deal of new perspective. . . . Proffers . . . the
most positive and in-depth evaluation of Grant's canal and bayou
projects ever presented.--Register of Kentucky Historical
Society
Thanks to the depth of Ballard's research . . . even those closely
acquainted with the campaign will find many small epiphanies, while
those new to it will be in the hands of a trustworthy guide. . . .
The best account of the Vicksburg campaign we have.--American
Historical Review
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