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1 online resource (xii, 215 pages) : illustrations |
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Sherman's transformation -- The plan -- "We whipped him handsomely" -- "A miss is as good as a mile" -- Meridian falls -- "One of the most pestiferous nests-- in all the limits of Dixie" -- An opportunity lost -- "Meridian-- no longer exists." |
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The rehearsal for the March to the Sea. With the fall of Vicksburg to Union forces in mid-1863, the Federals began work to extend and consolidate their hold on the lower Mississippi Valley. As a part of this plan, Major General William Tecumseh Sherman set out from Vicksburg on February 3, 1864, with an army of some 25,000 infantry and a battalion of cavalry. They expected to be joined by another Union force moving south from Memphis and supported themselves off the land as they traveled due east across Mississippi. Sherman entered Meridian on February 14 and thoroughly destroyed its railroad |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-209) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 -- Military leadership
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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 fast |
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Strategy -- Case studies
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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Military campaigns
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Command of troops
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Strategy
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Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
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Meridian (Miss.) -- History, Military -- 19th century
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140216
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Mississippi
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Mississippi -- Meridian
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United States
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Military history
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Case studies
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780817381325 |
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0817381325 |
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