William S. Rosecrans and the Union Victory: A Civil War Biography (David G. Moore - UA) 75th changed history

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William S. Rosecrans and the Union Victory: A Civil War Biography (David G. Moore - UA) 75th changed historyWilliam S. Rosecrans and the Union Victory: A Civil War Biography by David G. Moore This is the first biography of Union General William S. Rosecrans in more than fifty years. It tells the story of his military successes and the important results that led to the Union victory in the Civil War: winning the first major campaign of the war in West Virginia in 1861; victories in northeastern Mississippi that made the Vicksburg Campaign possible; gaining