Download or read book A River Unvexed written by Jim Miles and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1999-10-01 with total page 1663 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive account of the entire campaign for the Mississippi River, beginning with the conquests of Memphis and New Orleans and concluding with Grant's strategies for the siege of Vicksburg. Included are driving tours of the battlefields and important sites.