{"product_id":"cease-firing-9780801855252","title":"Cease Firing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"On the eighteenth  the Federal forces appeared on the Jackson and Grapevine road  east of the town. The two following days were spent by the blue in making their lines of circumvallation. The grey and the blue lines were about eight hundred yards apart. On the twenty-second  the ironclads came up the river from Grand Gulf. When they opened fire on the town and its defenses  which they did almost immediately  the siege of Vicksburg was formally begun\"--from Cease Firing Beginning with the Battle of Vicksburg and concluding at Appomattox  Mary Johnstons Cease Firing picks up where The Long Roll leaves off. Another of the great Civil War novels eclipsed by Gone with the Wind  Cease Firing features Richard Cleave of Virginia  Confederate artillery commander and hero of Johnstons previous novel. Johnston leads us with a sure and expert hand through the battles of Gettysburg  Chichamauga  the Wilderness  and Spotsylvania  and we feel the emotional weight as the tide of victory turns against the Confederacy. Featured prominently as the confederate commander is General Joseph E. Johnston  the authors own grandfather.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67924467187765,"sku":"ByrdShop_080185525X","price":65.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780801855252.jpg?v=1794133654","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/cease-firing-9780801855252","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}