John C Pemberton, the Confederate officer who surrendered Vicksburg MS to US Grant in July 1863, is not remembered as one of the South's elite generals. When his commander, Joseph E Johnston, published his wartime memoirs in 1874, he laid the blame for Vicksburg's loss squarely at the feet of Pemberton and Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Although Davis eventually had his say in his memoirs, Pemberton never did. Or so historians thought. Pemberton had, indeed, penned a response to Johnston, but it was never published ...
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John C Pemberton, the Confederate officer who surrendered Vicksburg MS to US Grant in July 1863, is not remembered as one of the South's elite generals. When his commander, Joseph E Johnston, published his wartime memoirs in 1874, he laid the blame for Vicksburg's loss squarely at the feet of Pemberton and Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Although Davis eventually had his say in his memoirs, Pemberton never did. Or so historians thought. Pemberton had, indeed, penned a response to Johnston, but it was never published and lay forgotten for over 100 years until it finally came to light in a 1995 estate sale in Cincinnati, OH. "Compelled to Appear in Print" allows one of the war's most famous scapegoats to tell his side of the story that history has, until now, seen only through the eyes of his main antagonist.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0967377005. In VG+ DJ (in protector); Signed and inscribed by author. Blue cloth hardcover maps appendices bibliography index. Confederate general's to allegations that he was responsible for the Confederate loss at Vicksburg; 6.75 X 0.75 X 9.5 inches; xiv + 210 pages; Signed by Editor.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) Signed at the bottom of the title page by the editor, David Smith. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Brief (non-authorial) gift inscription on front endpage. Book and jacket nudged at forward edge of spine head. Jacket is free of any chips or tears. 210 pages.
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