{"product_id":"drums-of-champion-hill-jon-g-stephenson-9798333697141","title":"Drums of Champion Hill: The Battle of Champion Hill","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jon G. Stephenson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798333697141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.98d","brand":"Jon G. Stephenson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46431560171775,"sku":"9798333697141","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a2ba002-8fce-4b78-91f1-b881459d2469.jpg?v=1735141703","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/drums-of-champion-hill-jon-g-stephenson-9798333697141","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}