...“It is well that war is so terrible, else we should grow to fond it.” The battle of Vicksburg started by capturing the Confederate river fortress at Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 4, 1863. The battle of Chattanooga started by a command of the military Division of Mississippi, General Grant then fought a series of battles to the end of Chattanooga. Vicksburg and Chattanooga were both vital in the Civil War. First, three battles of Chattanooga were fought in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The first battle of Chattanooga, the second battle of Chattanooga, and the Chattanooga Campaign. The first battle of Chattanooga was a minor artillery bombardment battle in the American Civil War, which was fought on June 7-8, 1862. In late spring 1862, the confederate...
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...Vicksburg Would you like to know the battle that won the Civil War? The battle that won the civil war was the siege of Vicksburg. Did you know the siege of Vicksburg was based on a painting by a chapel? The siege of Vicksburg was from May 18 to July 4 1863. Did you know that Vicksburg didn’t celebrate the 4 of July 81 years? The Civil War Series In the contrast to the bungling on the confederate march to battle, Grant continued to sabotage Pemberton’s army with his great skills and knowledge. The Union army rested until the morning of May 17. The Union army was sneaking upon the confederates who are retreating at Champion Hill. The siege of Vicksburg was about to come upon and the union was ready to attack and the confederates were ready to defend. Vicksburg was one of the most successful campaigns of the war. Although General Ulysses S. Grant’s first attempt to take the city failed in the winter of 1862-1863, he rewarded his attempts in the spring. There were little battles before Vicksburg (Ballard, 1996)....
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...The Siege of Vicksburg SGT Thomas Crow, SGT Randy Keaton, SGT Jared Martin, & SGT Robert W. Shadburn ALC Class 001-16 The Siege of Vicksburg. The Siege of Vicksburg took place in, and around, Vicksburg, Mississippi, from May 18th, 1863 until July 4th of that same year; it ended military action during the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. MG Ulysses S. Grant was the Union General charged with taking the town of Vicksburg from Confederate LTG John C. Pemberton. Both men had numerous weapon systems and units at their disposal. During this campaign the Union and Confederate armies lost an enormous amount of soldiers with an estimated casualty count of 19,233 men combined—Maj. Gen. Grant rightfully worried of prolonged siege operations, as he knew the cost would be high (Winschel, 2004). The Vicksburg Campaign was one of the greatest Union victories of the Civil War. It effectively split the Confederacy in half. Once General Grant surrounded the town of Vicksburg, he instructed his Artillery Units to fire on the Confederates for hours on end in order to soften defenses before the Infantry was to advance (Winschel, 2004). It can therefore be concluded that the Union’s effective use of Field Artillery units and Navy Artillery not only paved the way for Infantry units to attack,...
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...Battle of Vicksburg The United States Civil War separated our country, the war had Americans fighting Americans, brother against brother. During the Civil War over 600,000 Soldiers gave their lives for their side of the war from 1861-1865. More Soldiers gave their lives during their Civil War than any one war or conflict combined. Historians believe the American Civil War was fought over pressures and differences that coming to a head during the country’s early history. This friction built up over time and came down to five basic differences basically. Some of those differences were economic and social differences concerning the North and the South, the Northern financial budget was based more on factories and industry. Simply put the North was moving away from agriculture life, thus moving away from slavery. However, the Southern states moved from other crops to primarily cotton crops with the invention of the cotton gin. At the same time they increased the number of plantations which in turn made it vitally important for a greater need for cheap labor, i.e. slaves. Thus, the Southern economy turned out to be a one crop economy, dependent on cotton and consequently on slavery. The next thing that played part in the beginning of the Civil War was the state rights versus federal rights. The North was pushing for more federal government laws and regulation, but the South wanted laws and regulation, that were handle at the state level with less federal involvement. Last, but...
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...Synopsis It was one of the more significant battles. General Ulysses S. Grant of Tennessee was trying to conquer a Confederate fortress in Vicksburg, Mississippi. All previous attempts had been blocked. He began a new campaign to take Vicksburg under John Pemberton; he conducted a surprise blow nearby Vicksburg, at Bruinsburg. General Grant moved his forces inward to push back Joseph E. Johnston’s forces by Jackson, Mississippi. After he cleared that area, he started for Vicksburg. A few victories won at Champion Hill and Big Black Bridge weakened Pemberton’s army, so he had no choice but to retreat to Vicksburg. General Grant attacked Vicksburg until July 4, 1863, when Pemberton surrendered. This battle won the Mississippi River for the Union,...
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...Although there were a lot of other union Generals in the civil war, Ulysses S. Grant was the most influential in the outcome of the Civil War. He made several well-planned decisions which led to the Union victory in the Civil War. The Civil War is considered on of the bloodiest wars in United States history. To begin with, one of the very first Union victories in the Civil War was the battle of Fort Henry. The victory of Fort Henry opened up the Columbia and Tennessee Rivers which were the confederate’s two main waterways for the Union to use for the rest of the war. One of Grant’s most important battles was the battle of Vicksburg. This battle opened up the Mississippi River so the Union could use it for boats and transportation. One of Grant’s...
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...Course Research Paper – Vicksburg Campaign History 101 – 87 N – 06 May 2015 The Campaign of Vicksburg was “the key”, to ensuring victory and the assurance of commerce to world markets. Where the march of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, March 1863 to July 1863, would prove compelling is that Grant would out generalize Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton and eventually start the fall of Richmond and the Confederacy of Jefferson Davis. That the campaign was a central ingredient for success according to President Abraham Lincoln and would divide the Confederacy while, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi transportation route. With the capture of Vicksburg, the Union led by risky, yet boisterous attempts of Grant far more outmaneuvered the indecisive and ill-equipped decisions of Pemberton; and the stronghold of the Union over the Confederacy. At this time in the Civil War, the Mississippi river was the most important trade and supply route in the United States. It was the livelihood of the country and with it held the greatest economic feature to trade in the country and the world for agricultural products and their export and intercontinental transfer. It was the last stranglehold the Confederacy held on the Union and the prevention of military supply and aid to the Deep South, commerce of the middle and northwestern states to the world and a waning support of the war in enthusiasm and economic demand. President Abraham Lincoln said of Vicksburg and the importance of...
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...States of American during the Civil War in 1860. Mississippi was also a hot bed of activities during the 1960 Civil Rights Movement. From the beginning of Mississippi history to the Mississippi of today the people are always ready to improve their lives. Paleo-Indians first appeared in the South at the end of the Ice Age. They were mostly hunters and gathers. They built mounds that required great earthwork and movement of dirt. They also had large settlements. Many towns in Mississippi are named for Native American Indians that included Natchez, Biloxi, and Yazoo. There are many Choctaw and Chickasaw people living and working in Mississippi today. There is a large Indian Casino in Philadelphia, Mississippi. The Indian culture is alive and well in Mississippi today....
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...Earlier today Vicksburg was sieged by the Union. They finally took over the city after a long battle of about 44 days. The Confederates held out till they eventually ran out of food and supplies and had to eventually give up. The Union surrounded the Confederates, and after many attempts, the Union finally got into the city, then eventually took it over. The confederates suffered heavy casualties after the siege. It was a soaring success for general Grant, who is the new general for the Union army. This is a generals’ Grant first battle and also is first victory. John C. Pemberton was the general for the Confederate army. It was a massive success for the Union. However they suffered 10,142 casualties total. But the Confederates suffered a massive 9,091. There were almost 29,425 Confederate captives. Which is a huge blow to the Confederacy. Which in turn completely demoralized the entire Confederate army. This was a failure on the Confederates part because Pemberton was told by Michael Ballard in this letter “Pemberton, trying to please Jefferson Davis, who insisted that Vicksburg and Port Hudson must be held, and to please Johnston, who thought both places worthless militarily, had been caught in the middle, a victim of a convoluted command system and his own indecisiveness. Too dispirited to think clearly, he chose to back his bedraggled army into Vicksburg rather than evacuate the city and head north where he might have escaped to campaign again. When he chose to take his...
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...well that he didn’t need to butcher soldiers to win a battle with his conquest of Vicksburg. After Corinth, Grant determined that the Confederate city of Vicksburg must fall if he wanted control of the Mississippi River. By taking Vicksburg he would cut critical supplies coming into the Confederacy from the west. Upon a failed joint attack on the city, Grant had to decide how he would next attack the city. In order to avoid a siege solely from the north, Grant came up with a daring strategy to float past Vicksburg, and launch an amphibious assault from south of Vicksburg. After floating past Vicksburg successfully, Grant stealthily made his way towards the city while having his allies still North of the city create several distractions such as raiding Confederate land and moving troops around the city to convince confederate general Pemberton, who was in charge of Vicksburg’s defense, that an attack would come from the north....
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... Given his background, one would have never known about Grant’s accomplishments in the bloody war. In fact, Ulysses S. Grant’s career in the military was an accident. In 1839, Jesse Grant, Ulysses S. Grant’s father, enrolled his son into the military at West Point. His father believed it was the right decision, and Ulysses “thought so too, if he did” (Grant 9). However, even at West Point, Grant was not an outstanding student, but rather a shy and average student. To elaborate, “The simple local schools bored him, and other children mistook his quietness for stupidity” (qtd. in American President: Ulysses S. Grant 13)....
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...The presented project is a poster displaying important battles throughout the Civil War. The poster contains a map of a section of the United States during the Civil War Era. The map is color coded making the Confederate states and Union States distinctly identifiable. The battles of the Civil War are then labeled on the map and marked red or blue to identify it as a Confederate or Union victory. The identification of each helps to demonstrate that the South did indeed fight a defensive battle for most of the battles fought were in the South or Confederate territory. The cards on the side go in date order and each card gives brief information about each battle. The each of the cards contain the location, date, casualties, commanders, and significance...
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...Civil War was one of the bloodiest wars in the American history that sacrificed tremendous amount of people from 1861 to 1865. It was also known as the War Between the States due to the war was based on the conflicts between the Confederacy and the Union. Both of the Confederacy and the Union enjoyed advantages from themselves and encountered obstacles in the major events during the war. Before the war, one of the biggest advantages of the Union was that they had a much larger population than the South, which is about 22 million, and 3.5 million of them were slaves. In this case, the larger population means the larger possibility to win the war. For the industry, the North also had more factories production than South, which the North had 92.6% and the South had only 7.4%. The reason lied on nature sources in their lands. The resources in the North were mostly iron and coal. However, for the South, they had many sources of gold and silver, which cannot produce equipments for a war. This led to the production of the equipments that were required to use during the war decreased. The amount of factories in the North produced much more than South; 98% of the United States firearms and 96% of the United States rail equipment were produced by the North. Thus, in this case, the Union had more advantages than Confederacy. For the North, they had almost as much as twice of the mileage compared to the South. Additionally, the Northern rails were integrated and very efficient. The...
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...The Battle of Vicksburg was a fierce and hard fought battle. Many people were killed in this battle. The Confederate had an estimated 3,300 casualties and 29,500 surrendered. The Union had an estimated 4,800 casualties during this bloody fight. This war lasted for a good while. It went from May 18, 1863, to July 4, 1863. The generals of this battle were John C. Pemberton for the Confederate and Ulysses S. Grant for the Union. These people were highly qualified and good at what they did. This battle was one of the most important for the Union. They needed this for their plan to move forward. During the Battle of Vicksburg, also called the Siege of Vicksburg, the Union was trying to gain control of Vicksburg because it was the last major...
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...private improvement of Vicksburg. Established in 1811 and consolidated on January 29, 1825, Vicksburg quickly developed as a middle for trade, agribusiness and stream activity. In 1859, the Mississippi state tradition received an official determination calling for prompt severance from the Union if an abolitionist was chosen president. Taking after Abraham Lincoln's decision, the state withdrew by a vote of 8415 on January 9, 1861. With this vote, Mississippi took after South Carolina into the Confederate Conditions of America. On February 9, 1861, delegates of these states met in Montgomery, Alabama and the temporary Confederate Congress chose...
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