Author:
Bearss, Edwin C. author.
ImprintEl Dorado Hills, CA : Savas Beatie, [2023]
Descriptionx, 181 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Note:Sherman sends A.J. Smith to destroy Forrest -- The Confederates prepare to strike -- A.J. Smith steals a march -- Smith's troops maul Forrest's corps -- A.J. Smith retires and the fight at Oldtown Creek -- General Slocum goes to Jackson -- General Ellet finds Colonel Wood at Coleman's plantation -- Slocum puts the squeeze on Wirt Adams -- Recommendations.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-176) and index.
Note:"Few students of the Civil War know that legendary historian Edwin C. Bearss produced a classic study on the little-known but significant Tupelo Campaign. The fighting in Mississippi was overshadowed by Nathan Bedford Forrest's more spectacular victory at Brice's Crossroads a month earlier. Bearss performed the research and writing for the Department of the Interior in 1969, and only a handful of softwcover copies were circulated. It is published here for the first time, with the assistance of award-winning author David A. Powell." --Dust jacket flap.
