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Outwitting Forrest

The Tupelo Campaign in Mississippi, June 22 - July 23, 1864

By: Edwin C. Bearss

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Outwitting Forrest

The Tupelo Campaign in Mississippi, June 22 - July 23, 1864

By: Edwin C. Bearss

Few students of the Civil War know that legendary historian Edwin C. Bearss produced a classic study on the little-known but significant Tupelo Campaign. The fighting in Mississippi was overshadowed by Nathan Bedford Forrest’s more spectacular victory at Brice’s Crossroads a month earlier. Bearss performed the research and writing for the Department of the Interior in 1969, and only a handful of softcover copies were circulated. It is published here for the first time, with the assistance of award-winning author David A. Powell, as Outwitting Forrest: The Tupelo Campaign in Mississippi, June 22–July 23, 1864. The engagement came about when Maj. Gen. A. J. Smith marched a Federal expeditionary force (his XVI Army Corps) into northern Mississippi in early July 1864. The thrust forced a response, the largest of which was delivered by the combined Confederate cavalry of Stephen D. Lee (who was in general command) and Forrest. The tactical result was a Union defensive success. The larger Confederate strategic play, however—one that might have impacted the course of the war in the Western Theater—would have been to unleash Forrest on a raid into Middle Tennessee to destroy the single line of railroad track feeding and supplying the Union armies of William T. Sherman in his ongoing operations around Atlanta. Instead, his troopers were contained within the Magnolia State, where his combat effectiveness was severely curtailed. Editor Powell has left Bearss’s prose and notes intact, while adding additional sources and commentary of his own. The result is an exceptional study that has finally been made available to the general reading public as part of the Savas Beatie Battles & Leaders Series.

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1954547609

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9781954547605

Fields of Honor

Pivotal Battles of the Civil War

By: Edwin C. Bearss

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Fields of Honor

Pivotal Battles of the Civil War

By: Edwin C. Bearss

Few historians have ever captured the drama, excitement, and tragedy of the Civil War with the headlong elan of Edwin Bearss, who has won a huge, devoted following with his extraordinary battlefield tours and eloquent soliloquies about the heroes, scoundrels, and little-known moments of a conflict that still fascinates America. Antietam, Shiloh, Gettysburg: these hallowed battles and more than a dozen more come alive as never before, rich with human interest and colorful detail culled from a lifetime of study. Illustrated with detailed maps and archival images, this 448-page volume presents a unique narrative of the Civil War's most critical battles, translating Bearss' inimitable delivery into print. As he guides readers from the first shots at Fort Sumter to Gettysburg's bloody fields to the dignified surrender at Appomattox, his engagingly plainspoken but expert account demonstrates why he stands beside Shelby Foote, James McPherson, and Ken Burns in the front rank of modern chroniclers of the Civil War, as the Pulitzer Prize-winning McPherson himself points out in his admiring Introduction. A must for every one of America's countless Civil War buffs, this major work will stand as an important reference and enduring legacy of a great historian for generations to come.

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National Geographic Books

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1426206208

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9781426206207

Receding Tide

Vicksburg and Gettysburg: The Campaigns That Changed the Civil War

By: Edwin C. Bearss

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Receding Tide

Vicksburg and Gettysburg: The Campaigns That Changed the Civil War

By: Edwin C. Bearss

It’s a poignant irony in American history that on Independence Day, 1863, not one but two pivotal Civil War battles ended in Union victory, marked the high tide of Confederate military fortune, and ultimately doomed the South’s effort at secession. But on July 4, 1863, after six months of siege, Ulysses Grant’s Union army finally took Vicksburg and the Confederate west. On the very same day, Robert E. Lee was in Pennsylvania, parrying the threat to Vicksburg with a daring push north to Gettysburg. For two days the battle had raged; on the next, July 4, 1863, Pickett’s Charge was thrown back, a magnificently brave but fruitless assault, and the fate of the Confederacy was sealed, though nearly two more years of bitter fighting remained until the war came to an end. In Receding Tide, Edwin Cole Bearss draws from his popular Civil War battlefield tours to chronicle these two widely separated but simultaneous clashes and their dramatic conclusion. As the recognized expert on both Vicksburg and Gettysburg, Bearss tells the fascinating story of this single momentous day in our country’s history, offering his readers narratives, maps, illustrations, characteristic wit, dramatic new insights and unerringly intimate knowledge of terrain, tactics, and the colorful personalities of America’s citizen soldiers, Northern and Southern alike.

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National Geographic Books

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1426205600

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9781426205606

The Battle of Cowpens

A Documented Narrative and Troop Movement Maps

By: Edwin C. Bearss

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The Battle of Cowpens

A Documented Narrative and Troop Movement Maps

By: Edwin C. Bearss

Recounting the complex strategies that led to one of the great battles of the American Revolution, this book chronicles what happened when opposing forces clashed on January 17, 1781, as Brigadier General Daniel Morgan carried the day with astute military tactics and bold leadership. This account also details the troop movements and strategies of a battle that would foreshadow the Patriot victory at Yorktown.

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The Overmountain Press

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1570720452

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Hardluck Ironclad

The Sinking and Salvage of the Cairo

By: Edwin C. Bearss

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Hardluck Ironclad

The Sinking and Salvage of the Cairo

By: Edwin C. Bearss

On the morning of December 12, 1862, the Union gunboat Cairo, nosing her way up the Yazoo River north of Vicksburg, Mississippi, triggered two Confederate demijohn mines. Within minutes the 512-ton ironclad had sunk six fathoms to the muddy bottom with no loss of life -- the first armored war vessel ever downed by an electronically activated mine. A whole new era of naval warfare had begun.In Hardluck Ironclad Edwin Bearss tells how he and two other Civil War historians discovered the Cairo almost a century later -- still intact at the bottom of the Yazoo, her big guns loaded and ready to fire, much of the gear aboard just as it was that December morning when the crew abandoned her -- and how, almost miraculously, she was later salvaged and restored.

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LSU Press

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0807106844

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9780807106846

Fields of Honor

Pivotal Battles of the Civil War

By: Edwin C. Bearss

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Pivotal Battles of the Civil War

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1426206208

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The Petersburg Campaign

The Western Front Battles, September 1864 April 1865, Volume 2

By: Edwin Bearss,Bryce Suderow

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The Petersburg Campaign

The Western Front Battles, September 1864 April 1865, Volume 2

By: Edwin Bearss,Bryce Suderow

The wide-ranging and largely misunderstood series of operations around Petersburg, Virginia, were the longest and most extensive of the entire Civil War. The fighting that began in early June 1864 when advance elements from the Union Army of the Potomac crossed the James River and botched a series of attacks against a thinly defended city would not end for nine long months. This important—many would say decisive—fighting is presented by legendary Civil War author Edwin C. Bearss in The Petersburg Campaign: The Western Front Battles, September 1864 – April 1865, Volume 2, the second in a ground-breaking, two-volume compendium. Although commonly referred to as the "Siege of Petersburg," that city (as well as the Confederate capital at Richmond) was never fully isolated and the combat involved much more than static trench warfare. In fact, much of the wide-ranging fighting involved large-scale Union offensives designed to cut important roads and the five rail lines feeding Petersburg and Richmond. This volume of Bearss' study includes these major battles: - Peeble's Farm (September 29 – October 1, 1864) - Burgess Mills (October 27, 1864) - Hatcher Run (February 5 – 7, 1865) - Fort Stedman (March 25, 1865) - Five Forks Campaign (March 29 – April 1, 1865) - The Sixth Corps Breaks Lee's Petersburg Lines (April 2, 1865) Accompanying these salient chapters are original maps by Civil War cartographer Steven Stanley, together with photos and illustrations. The result is a richer and deeper understanding of the major military episodes comprising the Petersburg Campaign.

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Savas Beatie

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1611211042

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9781611211047

Rebel Victory at Vicksburg

By: Edwin C. Bearss

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Rebel Victory at Vicksburg

By: Edwin C. Bearss

Originally published in 1963, Rebel Victory at Vicksburg by renowned American Civil War and World War II historian Edwin C. Bearss details the Confederate victory. Told with great power and imagery, this book will make an invaluable addition to any historian’s collection.

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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1789121167

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9781789121162

The Five Forks Campaign and the Fall of Petersburg

March 29 - April 1, 1865

By: Edwin C. Bearss,Bryce Suderow

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The Five Forks Campaign and the Fall of Petersburg

March 29 - April 1, 1865

By: Edwin C. Bearss,Bryce Suderow

The wide-ranging and largely ignored operations around Petersburg, Virginia, were the longest and most extensive of the entire Civil War. The fighting began in June of 1864, when advance elements from the Union Army of the Potomac crossed the James River and botched a series of attacks against a thinly defended city. The fighting ended nine long months later in the first days of April of 1865. The Five Forks Campaign and the Fall of Petersburg, March 29 – April 2, 1865, includes the final major operation that turned Lee’s right flank, cut his final railroad lifeline, and resulted in the loss of Petersburg and Richmond. In addition to original maps and photos, this book includes a complete chapter on the April 1 VI Corps “Breakthrough” and a special postscript by historian Chris Calkins on the retreat to Appomattox.

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Savas Beatie

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1611212189

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Rebel Victory at Vicksburg

By: Edwin C. Bearss

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By: Edwin C. Bearss

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The Petersburg Campaign

The Western Front Battles, September 1864 – April 1865, Volume 2

By: Edwin Bearss,Bryce Suderow

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The Western Front Battles, September 1864 – April 1865, Volume 2

By: Edwin Bearss,Bryce Suderow

Accompanying these salient chapters are original maps by Civil War cartographer Steven Stanley, together with photos and illustrations. The result is a richer and deeper understanding of the major military episodes comprising the Petersburg Campaign.

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Encircling the Union Army

Jeb Stuart's Controversial Ride Around McClellan During the Peninsula Campaign, June 1862

By: Edwin C. Bearrs

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Encircling the Union Army

Jeb Stuart's Controversial Ride Around McClellan During the Peninsula Campaign, June 1862

By: Edwin C. Bearrs

Jeb Stuart's bold and unauthorized ride around the enemy in June 1862 is still studied and celebrated as one of history's most daring intelligence raids. By late May 1862, Gen. George B. McClellan had moved his massive Army of the Potomac to the outskirts of the Confederate capital at Richmond. When Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston fell wounded at Seven Pines on May 31, Gen. Robert E. Lee assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia and turned the tide of war in the Eastern Theater. Lee ordered his dashing cavalry leader Jeb Stuart and 1,200 troopers to find the position of McClellan's right flank. The cavalryman easily discovered the Union flank but continued riding around the enemy in a daring display far exceeding Lee's intention. The gray-clad mounted troops harassed supply lines and captured enemy troops while covering some 100 miles pursued by Union cavalry led by Stuart's father-in-law, Gen. Philip St. George Cooke. Stuart's expedition ended when he returned toRichmond on June 15 with invaluable information that helped General Lee finalize plans for a major offensive operation that triggered the Seven Days' Battles and eventually defeated and drove McClellan and his army away from Richmond. Original photos, illustrations, and maps

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1940669014

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The Five Forks Campaign and the Fall of Petersburg

March 29 - April 1, 1865

By: Edwin C. Bearss,Bryce Suderow

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March 29 - April 1, 1865

By: Edwin C. Bearss,Bryce Suderow

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Book's by Edwin C. Bearss

Outwitting Forrest

Outwitting Forrest

Fields of Honor

Fields of Honor

Receding Tide

Receding Tide

The Battle of Cowpens

The Battle of Cowpens

Hardluck Ironclad

Hardluck Ironclad

Fields of Honor

Fields of Honor

The Petersburg Campaign

The Petersburg Campaign

Rebel Victory at Vicksburg

Rebel Victory at Vicksburg

The Five Forks Campaign and the Fall of Petersburg

The Five Forks Campaign and the Fall of Petersburg

Rebel Victory at Vicksburg

Rebel Victory at Vicksburg

The Petersburg Campaign

The Petersburg Campaign

Encircling the Union Army

Encircling the Union Army

The Five Forks Campaign and the Fall of Petersburg

The Five Forks Campaign and the Fall of Petersburg

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