U.S. Army Campaigns of the Civil War: The Civil War in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1861-1865

Download or read book U.S. Army Campaigns of the Civil War: The Civil War in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1861-1865 written by Jeffery S. Prushankin and published by Department of the Army. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "The Civil War in the Wester Theater, 1862," author Charles R. Bowery Jr. examines the campaigns and battles that occurred during 1862 in the vast region between the Appalachian Mountains in the east and the Mississippi River in the west, and from the Ohio River in the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the south. Notable battles discussed include Mill Springs, Kentucky; Forts Henry and Donelson, Tennessee; Shiloh, Tennessee; Perryville, Kentucky; Corinth and Iuka, Mississippi; and Stones River, Tennessee.