There are 4 article(s) tagged Civil War:

• July 2020

  • How Memphis helped win the Battle of Vicksburg, and the Civil War

    Historian Donald L. Miller’s spellbinding book about the campaign is titled “Vicksburg,” but it could just as easily have been called “Memphis.” 

    By Michael Nelson July 13, 2020

• May 2020

  • When the Civil War siege of Corinth ended, the conquest of Memphis began

    Even though Corinth was a small town of about 1,200, its location made it the key to controlling the western half of the Confederacy and its most important city, Memphis.

    By Michael Nelson May 18, 2020

• August 2019

  • Nelson: Marking the three Civil War battles of Memphis

    The city was the site of two battles during the Civil War, but the worst one came afterward.

    By Michael Nelson August 20, 2019

• April 2019

  • Nelson: A battle near Memphis 157 years ago changed the face of war

    The horrors of the battle fought at Shiloh April 6-7, 1862, made it clear that the weaponry of war had far outstripped the Napoleonic-era tactics taught at West Point. 

    By Michael Nelson April 05, 2019