BOOK DEFENSE OF VICKSBURG (LOUISIANA CHRONICLE) (BOX50)

 COURTESY OF GIBSONS TACTICAL TAVERN                                                                       MILITARY SURPLUS LISTING INDIVIDUALLY PICTURED

 THE DEFENSE OF VICKSBURG: A LOUISIANA CHRONICLE

AUTHORS: ALLAN C. RICHARD, JR. AND MARY MARGARET HIGGINBOTHAN RICHARD                FOREWORD BY TERRENCE J. WINSCEL

"FOCUSING ON VICKSBURG, THE AUTHOR USES LETTERS AND DIARIES FROM LOUISIANA SOLDIERS TO PERSONALIZE STATE SERVICE IN THE CAMPAIGN AND SIEGE THAT CUT THE CONFEDERACY IN TWO GRAPHIC, POIGNANT, AND ABLY PRESENTED, THIS BOOK BLAZES A NEW PATH IN CIVIL WAR STUDIES"  QUOTE FROM FRANK E. VANDIVER                            "THE AUTHORS HAVE DONE A SUPERB JOB IN BRINGING TOGETHER UNPLUBLISHED LETTERS, DIARIES, AND OTHER MANUSCRIPTS, WRITTEN BY LOUISIANA SOLDIERS DEFENDING VICKSBURG" QUOTE FROM RALPH C. WOOTSER, LAMAR UNIVERSITY              "THE AUTHORS SUCCESSFULLY WEAVE TOGETHER AN ABSORBING AND OFTEN TOUCHING STORY.....A UNIQUE AND VALUABLE ADDITION TO ANY CIVIL WAR ENTHUSIAST'S BOOKSHELVES" QUOTE FROM ROBERT WOOSTER, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY