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Sonny Montgomery: The Veteran?s Champion
G. V. "Sonny" Montgomery, Michael B. Ballard, ...

University Press of Mississippi, 2003

Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1966, Democrat G. V. "Sonny" Montgomery represented Mississippi's Third District in Congress for fifteen terms, serving under seven presidents. Sonny Montgomery: The Veteran's Champion , his autobiography, renders a very personal history of nearly forty years in public life. Advocacy for veterans, the lodestar of his career, came from personal ...

Pemberton: The General Who Lost Vicksburg
Michael B. Ballard

University Press of Mississippi, 1999

New in paperback, the first biography of the Confederate general branded as incompetent for surrendering the South's strategic river post to Grant It was the sad fate of General John C. Pemberton (1814-1881), a northerner serving in the Confederate army, to die in disgrace and humiliation. Because he surrendered Vicksburg to General Grant, many Confederates considered him a traitor. Because he lost this strategic southern port on the ...

Vicksburg: The Campaign That Opened the Mississippi (Civil War America)

7 reviews
Michael B. Ballard

The University of North Carolina Press, 2004

Honest and sincere account of an inmensely important campaign
I like this book for several reasons.Number one, Mr Ballard is very sincere and called everything by its name.When it comes to describing generals and soldiers on either side of the conflict,he tells it like it is.Number two, the way Mr Ballard describes the military campaign in all its details it's terrific which helped me understand the imporatnce of every battle and the strategies involved.The ...

Civil War Mississippi: A Guide

1 review
Michael B. Ballard

University Press of Mississippi, 2000

A handy field guide and invaluable aid for Civil War buffs.
Michael Ballard is an archivist at Mississippi State University and draws upon his considerable expertise and research to provide the reader with an invaluable handbook to Mississippi's civil war battles, battlefields, and commemorative sites. Enhanced with easy-to-follow maps and a wealth of historical information, readers and visitors can trace the progress of the Civil War in its campaigns, ...

Maroon and White: Mississippi State University, 1878-2003
Michael B. Ballard

University Press of Mississippi, 2008

Mississippi State University was founded in 1878 and opened its doors in 1880 as a land-grant school de-signed for teaching agriculture and mechanical arts. Building upon the work of John K. Bettersworth, Michael B. Ballard traces the evolution of this institution. From the beginning, first president Stephen D. Lee wanted to expand the university\'s vi-sion beyond agriculture and engineering. While admit-ting that these should be the focal ...

U.S. Grant: The Making of a General, 1861-1863 (The American Crisis Series)
Michael B. Ballard

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2004

In this book Michael B. Ballard provides a crisp account of Grant's strategic and tactical concepts in the period from the outset of the Civil War to the battle of Chattanooga.

Chickasaw, A Mississippi Scout for the Union: The Civil War Memoir of Levi H. Naron, As Recounted by R. W. ...

1 review
Thomas D. Cockrell, Michael B. Ballard, ...

Louisiana State University Press, 2005

Excellent portrayal of the troubled times
Chickasaw the Scout is a relative of my wife and the story is family legend. It describes in detail how a Southerner is conflicted about the WBTS and how important preservation of the Union was to Levi Naron. Chickasaw was Chief of Union Scouts (spies) for the Southern Campaign and served Sherman, Grant, and others in the TN, MS, AL, GA theaters of operation. Needless to say, he could not ...

A Long Shadow: Jefferson Davis and the Final Days of the Confederacy

1 review
Michael B. Ballard

Univ Pr of Mississippi (Txt), 1986

Fair presentation of a failed presidency
A heavy drinker and trouble-maker while at West Point, Jefferson Davis went on to be a war hero, a U.S. Senator, a Secretary of War and finally first and only President of the Confederate States of America. Thin skinned, proud and convinced his position was the only correct one, he was unsuited to be in a political administrative position. Davis' unsuitability did not prevent the founding CSA ...

A Mississippi Rebel in the Army of Northern Virginia: The Civil War Memoirs of Private David Holt, With a New ...

5 reviews

Louisiana State University Press, 2001

One of the best books I've ever read
Holt really conveys the attitudes, feelings, deep convictions, and courage displayed by those who fought in the war. (Not only on the Rebel side, but also on the Yankee side.) He also goes into some of the other reasons besides slavery, that caused the South to secede. Very well written and extremely interesting. It makes you feel as if you're right beside Holt following him as they go ...

Ninety-Eight Days: a Geographer's View of the Vicksburg Campaign.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of ...
Michael B. Ballard

Southern Historical Association, 2002

This digital document is an article from Journal of Southern History, published by Southern Historical Association on November 1, 2002. The length of the article is 528 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Ninety-Eight Days: a ...

Mobile, 1865: Last Stand of the Confederacy.(Book Review)(Brief Article): An article from: Journal of ...
Michael B. Ballard

Southern Historical Association, 2003

This digital document is an article from Journal of Southern History, published by Southern Historical Association on August 1, 2003. The length of the article is 450 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Mobile, 1865: Last Stand ...

Robert E. Lee: Icon for a Nation.(Book review): An article from: Journal of Southern History
Michael B. Ballard

Thomson Gale, 2006

This digital document is an article from Journal of Southern History, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2006. The length of the article is 557 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Robert E. Lee: Icon for a Nation.(Book ...

Jefferson Davis, American.: An article from: Journal of Southern History
Michael B. Ballard

Southern Historical Association, 2002

This digital document is an article from Journal of Southern History, published by Southern Historical Association on August 1, 2002. The length of the article is 991 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Jefferson Davis, ...

The Tarnished Cavalier: Major General Earl Van Dorn, C.S.A.: An article from: Journal of Southern History
Michael B. Ballard

Southern Historical Association, 2001

This digital document is an article from Journal of Southern History, published by Southern Historical Association on February 1, 2001. The length of the article is 498 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: The Tarnished ...

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