The study of the Civil War in the Western Theater is more popular now
than ever before, and the center of that interest is the months-long
Vicksburg Campaign, which is the subject of National Park Historian
Terrence J. Winschel's book Triumph & Defeat: The Vicksburg Campaign,
Vol 2, now in paperback.
Following up on the popular success of his earlier book of the same
name, Winschel offers ten new chapters of insights into what has been
declared by many to have been the most decisive campaign of the Civil
War. Designed to appeal to both general readers and serious students,
Winschel's essays cover a wide range of topics.
Winschel's chapters include detailed coverage of military operations,
naval engagements, leading personalities, and even an essay about a
specific family (the Lords) caught up in the nightmarish 47-day siege
that nearly cost them their lives.
Smoothly written and deeply researched, these fresh chapters offer
balanced and comprehensive analysis written with the authority that only
someone who has served as Vicksburg's Chief Historian since 1978 can
produce. Bolstered by photographs, illustrations, and numerous
outstanding original maps, this second volume in the Triumph & Defeat
series will stand as a lasting contribution to the study of the Civil
War.
Author Terry Winschel, chief historian at Vicksburg National Military
Park, weaves a professional lifetime of personal experience and
scholarship into this remarkable study. His chapters cover every major
aspect of what many consider to have been the decisive military
achievement of the war--the capture of "The Gibraltar of the
Confederacy."
