Fallen Leaders: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War(ed. Chris Mackowski, CH) investigation By looking back to their

By looking back to their first entries into public life

anthologized

The Siege of Vicksburg portrays a high-stakes moment in the course of the Civil War because both sides understood what was at stake: the fate of the Mississippi River

a capable army commander whose reputation Grant (and others working with him) conspired to destroy

Fallen Leaders: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War(ed. Chris Mackowski, CH) investigation By looking back to theirEditor Chris Mackowski Fallen Leaders: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War recounts the fall of some of the most famous, infamous, and underappreciated commanders from both the North and South. The Civil War took as many as 720,000 lives and maimed hundreds of thousands more. The fallen included outstanding leaders on both sides, from a U. S. president all the way down the ranks to beloved regimental