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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. On May 16, 1863, a battle was fought near Edwards Station, Mississippi. The Southerners would call this clash the Battle of Baker's Creek. The Federals named it the Battle of Champion Hill.It may, in fact, have had far more to do with the demise of the Confederacy than did the three days of Gettysburg.A contemporary historian, the Compte de Paris, in his HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA, wrote that the Battle of Champion Hill was "the most complete defeat the Confederates [had] sustained since the commencement of the Civil War."With the defeat of the Southern army that day on Champion Hill, the last significant barrier to Grant's conquest of the vital Confederate river bastion at Vicksburg had been removed. The river city's fall seven weeks later guaranteed Ulysses S. Grant a place in the history books, and it set the tone for the final years of the American Civil War. This is that story. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. On May 16, 1863, a battle was fought near Edwards Station, Mississippi. The Southerners would call this clash the Battle of Baker's Creek. The Federals named it the Battle of Champion Hill.It may, in fact, have had far more to do with the demise of the Confederacy than did the three days of Gettysburg.A contemporary historian, the Compte de Paris, in his HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA, wrote that the Battle of Champion Hill was "the most complete defeat the Confederates [had] sustained since the commencement of the Civil War."With the defeat of the Southern army that day on Champion Hill, the last significant barrier to Grant's conquest of the vital Confederate river bastion at Vicksburg had been removed. The river city's fall seven weeks later guaranteed Ulysses S. Grant a place in the history books, and it set the tone for the final years of the American Civil War. This is that story. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…