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and controversial figures of the Civil War

by Matthew Algeo

Sickles was one of the earliest guardians of the battlefield when he returned to Congress

Henry James

and Joe Allport

Siege of Vicksburg trucker and controversial figures of theThe Siege of Vicksburg: Climax of the Campaign to Open the Mississippi River, May 23 July 4, 1863 Timothy B. Smith In The Siege of Vicksburg: Climax of the Campaign to Open the Mississippi River, May 23July 4, 1863, noted Civil War scholar Timothy B. Smith offers the first comprehensive account of the siege that split the Confederacy in two. While the siege is often given a chapter or two in larger campaign studies and portrayed as a foregone