{"product_id":"drums-of-champion-hill-the-battle-of-champion-hill-paperback","title":"Drums of Champion Hill: The Battle of Champion Hill - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJon G. Stephenson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn May 16, 1863, a battle was fought near Edwards Station, Mississippi. The Southerners would call this clash the Battle of Baker's Creek. The Federals named it the Battle of Champion Hill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt may, in fact, have had far more to do with the demise of the Confederacy than did the three days of Gettysburg.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA contemporary historian, the Compte de Paris, in his \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, wrote that the Battle of Champion Hill was \u003ci\u003e\"the most complete defeat the Confederates [had] sustained since the commencement of the Civil War.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the defeat of the Southern army that day on Champion Hill, the last significant barrier to Grant's conquest of the vital Confederate river bastion at Vicksburg had been removed. The river city's fall seven weeks later guaranteed Ulysses S. Grant a place in the history books, and it set the tone for the final years of the American Civil War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is that story.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 488\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46215397179589,"sku":"9798333697141","price":42.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/d-2y9Z7W2C9798333697141.webp?v=1778648325","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/drums-of-champion-hill-the-battle-of-champion-hill-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}