In this illuminating volume, Justin Solonick offers the first detailed study of how Grant’s midwesterners serving in the Army of the Tennessee engineered the siege of Vicksburg, placing the event within the broader context of US and European military history and nineteenth-century applied science in trench warfare and field fortifications. Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press Author(s): Justin S. Solonick Illustration(s): 37 illustrations Number of pages: 306 Publication date: 2024 Dimensions: 153 x 230 x 24 Cover type: Paperback / softback