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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—--the Mississippi. (search)
om the nature of the works of the place, their development over a space of nearly thirteen miles, the calibre of the guns used on both sides except near the river—in short, from the relative numerical strength of the besiegers and that of the besieged it was a conflict between two intrenched armies rather than a siege in the strictest acceptation of the term. But what made it differ from the operations of the same character which had previously taken place in Europe, such as the siege of Sebastopol, is that the Confederate army was completely invested in the intrenched camp where it had retired after its defeat while a new army was forming outside for the purpose of breaking its blockade. Consequently, one may ask if the German officers, who have shown so much discernment in selecting in the American war all that was applicable to the European continent, have not derived some useful information from the siege of Vicksburg for the campaign of 1870. The conqueror of Champion's Hill,