vicksburg

Tells the story of Lucy McRae and Willie Lord, survivors of the battle for Vicksburg in 1863, and describes how they lived in caves and underground bunkers as Union artillery bombarded the town for six week; also tells of young Frederick Grant, son of Ulysses S. Grant, who witnessed the carnage of that battle.

Tells the story of Lucy McRae and Willie Lord, survivors of the battle for Vicksburg in 1863, that describes how they lived in caves and underground bunkers as Union artillery bombarded the town for six week; and also tells of young Frederick Grant, son of Ulysses S. Grant, who witnessed the carnage of that battle.

Offers a detailed analysis of the Civil War siege at Vicksburg in the summer of 1863, and explores how the battle influenced the legacies of race and slavery that played out over the decades that followed.