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    CAMPAIGN MONUMENTAL

    Jul 28, 2020 4 minutes
    with Donald L. Miller

    IN HIS 10TH BOOK, Vicksburg: Grant’s, Donald L. Miller incorporates small details such as the first use of synchronized watches in a battle into a sweeping tale of social revolution and the challenges Maj. Gen. Ulysses Grant overcame in his year-long slog to take Vicksburg. When Miller consulted on the campaign with Ed Bearss, former park historian of Vicksburg National Military Park, Bearss told him: “You’re gonna write the best book on Vicksburg. You know why? ’cause you don’t know a damn thing about it.” won three prestigious awards: New York’s Fletcher Pratt Literary Award, the Laney Book Prize, and the Army Historical Foundation’s Distinguished Writing Award.

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