The Inland Campaign for Vicksburg: Five Battles in Seventeen Days, May 1-17, 1863 - Hardcoverby Timothy B. Smith (Author) In this fifth and final volume of his renowned series detailing the campaign for Vicksburg, Tim Smith sheds much needed light to this often misunderstood episode of the Union's efforts to take Vicksburg. In the entire nine month long campaign, there was no more tension and drama than in these seventeen days when Grant's Army of the Tennessee marched through the wilds of Mississippi, claiming victory after victory, tearing