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Work for giants : the Campaign and Battle of Tupelo/Harrisburg, Mississippi, June-July, 1864 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parson, Thomas E., 1960-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2014]
Series:Civil War soldiers and strategies.
Subjects:
Tupelo, Battle of, Tupelo, Miss., 1864.
Table of Contents:
  • The "Gorillas"
  • A pair of raids
  • A third raid
  • Stretched to the limit
  • A gathering army
  • Watching and waiting
  • Marching south
  • Pontotoc
  • Pinson's Hill
  • The road to Tupelo
  • Bertram's Shop and the Camargo Crossroads
  • Harrisburg
  • Opening moves
  • "A medley of blunders"
  • "Endurance had reached a limit"
  • "Who will care for mother now?"
  • The Federal withdrawal
  • Old Town Creek
  • Return to Memphis
  • Victory or defeat
  • Historiography.