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"We are flanked on the left!" The message delivered by the courier from Stevenson's division was quickly confirmed by the rising intensity of the sound of gunfire coming from the north. Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton's luck had just run out. Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee were closing in. Trying to serve two masters, Pemberton had been reticent to move the Confederate army out of the Vicksburg defenses to find and attack Grant. President Davis's admonition that Vicksburg must be held, Pemberton felt, ran directly counter to General Joseph E. Johnston's orders. His theater commander had preemptively ordered him to take to the field to attack Grant who had achieved a lodgment south of Vicksburg and had moved east to take Jackson. With conflictlng orders and the ensuing delays, Pemberton made the classic military mistake and divided his forces. Two divisions were left inside the Vicksburg defenses and three taken to the field in search of Grant. This would set the stage for the decisive battle of Champion Hill. Some historians consider Champion Hill, as the key battle for Vicksburg, to be the actual turning point of the Civil War. Perhaps it was. Read Dooming the Confederacy: The Decisive Battle of Champion Hill and decide for yourself. Find a personality, location, related battle, or other event that you are really curious about and odds are you'll find an external web site linked within the e-book. Click the link. Cast your net wide or dig in deep on the external sites. Spend as much or as little time as you want with the book and on its linked sites.This approach will let you tailor your exploration of the battle of Champion Hill to your own particular situation. For instance, have you ever wondered: How was Grant able to successfully land a large army on the east bank of the Mississippi below Vicksburg? How precarious was Grant's logistics tail after he "cut loose" from Grand Gulf? What if the Confederates had been able to hold Jackson? Would Johnston's Army of Relief have then been able to concentrate quickly enough to make a difference? Are you familiar with one of the most famous counterattacks during the Civil War? What did it almost accomplish? Find the answer to these and many other questions about the battle of Champion Hill in this "short-read," but comprehensive e-book: Dooming the Confederacy: The Decisive Battle of Champion Hill . It includes: Introduction Author Insights Chapter 1: Background Chapter 2: The Stage is Set Chapter 3: The Battle Begins (10:30 a.m.) Chapter 4: Stevenson Mauled (11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.) Chapter 5: Bowen's Counterattack (1:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.) Chapter 6: The Confederate Retreat (4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.) Chapter 7: Epilogue Chapter 8: Appendix A: Order of Battle Bibliography Footnotes Plus extensive use of authoritative external web site links to important personalities, locations, related battles, and other events. Bibliography and annotated footnotes included. Want to finally learn about the battle of Champion Hill and its impact on our Civil War? Just click the "Buy now" button.