The Darkest Days of the War- the Battles of Iuka and Corinth
Peter Cozzens
People have asked me why I chose to write on the relatively obscure
northern Mississippi campaign that culminated in the Battle of Corinth, on
October 3-4, 1862.1 tell them I selected this topic precisely because of its
obscurity, which derives solely from a want of scholarly attention—the
campaign itself was far from unimportant.
Glance at any map of the Confederacy depicting its railroads, and your
eye is naturally drawn to Corinth. It stood at the junction of two of the
best railroads in the South. Take and hold Corinth, and Union armies
would sever the most viable Confederate line of communications and
supply between the eastern seaboard and the vast trans-Mississippi region.
Maj. Gen. Henry Halleck recognized this, and he counted the capture of
Corinth more important than the destruction of the Confederate western
armies.
northern Mississippi campaign that culminated in the Battle of Corinth, on
October 3-4, 1862.1 tell them I selected this topic precisely because of its
obscurity, which derives solely from a want of scholarly attention—the
campaign itself was far from unimportant.
Glance at any map of the Confederacy depicting its railroads, and your
eye is naturally drawn to Corinth. It stood at the junction of two of the
best railroads in the South. Take and hold Corinth, and Union armies
would sever the most viable Confederate line of communications and
supply between the eastern seaboard and the vast trans-Mississippi region.
Maj. Gen. Henry Halleck recognized this, and he counted the capture of
Corinth more important than the destruction of the Confederate western
armies.
カテゴリー:
年:
1997
版:
First
出版社:
The University of North Carolina Press
言語:
english
ページ:
369
ISBN 10:
0807857831
ISBN 13:
9780807857830
ISBN:
B00ZVEM5G2
ファイル:
EPUB, 3.07 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 1997