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During the later summer of 1862, Confederate causes attempted a three-pronged proper advance into the North. The outcome of this offensive, really the only coordinated Confederate attempt to carry the conflict to the enemy, was devastating. The results at Antietam and in Kentucky are well known; the third offensive, the northern Mississippi campaign, resulted in the destructive and little-studied defeats at Iuka and Corinth, defeats that would open just how for Grant's episode on Vicksburg.Peter Cozzens presents here the first book-length analysis of these two complex and vicious battles. Drawing on intensive most important research, he details the tactical experiences of Iuka, where practically one-third of these engaged dropped, and Corinth, that was fought under brutally oppressive conditions, examining troop movements down to the regimental level.He also provides powerful portraits of Generals Give, Rosecrans, Truck Dorn, and Price, exposing the ways in which their clashing ambitions and antipathies affected the results of the advertising campaign. Finally, he does draw out the larger, proper implications of the battles of Iuka and Corinth, discovering their impact on the fate of the northern Mississippi advertising campaign, and by expansion, the fate of the Confederacy.This publication is printed by College or university of North Carolina Press.
