Minnesota In The Campaigns Of Vicksburg November 1862 July 1863

Author : L. F. Hubbard
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780260042750
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (427 download)

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Download or read book Minnesota in the Campaigns of Vicksburg written by L. F. Hubbard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Minnesota in the Campaigns of Vicksburg: November 1862-July 1863; An Address Delivered Before the Minnesota Historical Society In substantial and tangible results, as also in its moral effect. The capture of Vicksburg, viewed from a military standpoint, was probably the most important single event of the war, occurring prior to the final surrender of the Confederate armies. The im mediate material gain to the Union cause in the acquisition of Vicksburg, was the elimination of a large Confederate army as a factor in the fighting force of the enemy, with its loss of a mass of valuable army material, and the release of large Union forces for service elsewhere; but aside from this, and perhaps more im portant in its influence on subsequent operations, it immensely strengthened the strategic position of the Union cause in the val ley of the Mississippi. It gave to the country undisputed control of the navigation of the Mississippi River throughout its course, thus cutting the territory of the Confederacy in two, and prae tically isolating a vast area from whence the enemy had drawn in men and supplies, a large proportion of their sinews of war. Many victories on other fields could not have compensated the Confederates for the loss they sustained and the disadvantages they suffered by the capture of Vicksburg. It was a stunning blow delivered in a vital part, its weakening effect being manifest in the subsequent desperate efforts of the Confederacy to save its cause from early collapse. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.