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Pages: 244
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1994-09-01 - Publisher: LSU Press
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Pages: 196
Pages: 196
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-08-26 - Publisher: McFarland
During the Civil War, control of the Mississippi River was hotly contested by both the Union and Confederate armies. By late 1862, the South held only a 110-mil
Language: en
Pages: 208
Pages: 208
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994-06-01 - Publisher: LSU Press
The determination with which the Confederate garrison of Port Hudson, Louisiana, held out—for seven weeks, fewer than five thousand Confederate troops fended
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Pages: 285
Pages: 285
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General Halbert Eleazer Paine, commanding officer of the 4th Wisconsin Regiment of Volunteers, took part in most of the significant military actions in the lowe