...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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...battles: Vicksburg 1863 or Gettysburg 1863, can be considered the true "TURNING POINT," of the war? Battle of GettysBurg Battle of Gettysburg and Vicksburg were the two important battles during the Civil War. Although the battle at Vicksburg played an important role in gaining full control of the Mississippi River, and splitting off Texas from the rest of the South. However the battle of Gettysburg was turning point of the War. This battle was a turning point because it was the bloodiest ever fought in North America and played an important role in stopping the South to invade the North ever again. The battle of Gettysburg only took in short three days; however its consequences were huge. The South had suffered 28,000 casualties, while 23,000 of the North’s soldiers were killed and wounded. Although the North had lost a lot, however the North still had more men than the South. This battle also contributed in ending Lee’s Northern invasion. Gettysburg was the first major defeat suffered by Lee and inflicted serious casualties on the Army of Northern Virginia. Because of this, all Lee had to do was to take defensive position instead of offensive as beginning of the battle. From this point, Lee decided no more strategic offensives. Last but not least, this battle played important role in leading the North to capture the Vicksburg. To take advantage of morale boost in winning the battle of Gettysburg, General Grant led the army to attack Vicksburg. Vicksburg was...
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...Community Assessment Jennifer Kitkowski Baptist College of Health Sciences Community Assessment Many dimensions make up a community and allow it to thrive. These dimensions can be assessed to gather data and establish ideas for change to further broaden the community. The community of Greenville, Mississippi is rich in history, founded in 1824, was a cultural and business community for cotton plantations along the Mississippi River. It was destroyed in the Civil War during the siege of Vicksburg. Greenville was rebuilt, and regained its title as a booming agricultural and river port town. In 1927, a the levee dividing the town and the Mississippi River broke, flooding the town for a three month period. Greenville was resurrected again, and was a flourishing cultural and business town (History of Greenville, n.d.). However, over the past several decades, with changes to the economy over the years, movement of the population and poverty has lead to a decline of the town. A closer analysis at the facts, statistics, and resources Greenville has to offer can pinpoint the needs of this community. Windshield Survey Greenville, Mississippi is located in Washington County in the Mississippi Delta. The main highways connecting Greenville are Highway 1, Highway 82, and Highway 61. Lake Ferguson, an off-shoot of the Mississippi River, makes up Greenville’s west border, dividing it from Arkansas. The United States Census Bureau states that Greenville has a total area of 26.9 square...
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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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...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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...Seth Brethauer Mr. Strahle English 111 October 6, 2014 Still Hungry in America 1. Edelman used this thesis statement to set up her paper by explaining that her family did not have a lot of food which caused her to lose a lot of weight. So much weight that she dropped five sizes, went from a five to a zero. She even told her mother that she was not hungry and to not worry about it because she knew that there was nothing that could be done. 2. In 1967, Edelman was asked to testify before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty in Washington about how the anti-poverty program in Mississippi was working because she had become increasingly concerned about the growing hunger in the Mississippi Delta. 3. Robert Kennedy was able to provide help to Edelman by visiting homes in Cleveland, Mississippi, asking respectfully of each dweller what they had had for breakfast, lunch, or dinner the night before. He went immediately to see Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman the next day and urged him to get some food down there and to eliminate any charges for food stamps for people who had no income. Roberts pushing, passion, and visibility helped set in motion a chain of events including a 60 Minutes documentary on “Hunger in America” that led to reforms. 4. The reason that the government did not feel like there was a hunger problem is because Freeman did not believe there were people in Mississippi with no income who could not afford to pay $2...
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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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...The Siege of Vicksburg was the final battle of the Vicksburg campaign that was significant. It was very important to the Civil War because the Union took over the Mississippi River and isolated some of the confederates states. This battle started in mid May 1863 and was started by the Union. The geography of Vicksburg made the battle very difficult because of its land, but Vicksburg was so important because it was by the Mississippi river. The geography of the land had cliffs that reached 200 feet, and deep gorges.This was important because it was a popular trade route and supply line. This battle was difficult because the union ships could not get past the Mississippi because confederates had guns mounted on the high hills and mountains,...
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...FINDING GRANDFATHER AT THE BATTLE OF VICKSBURG Have you ever tracked your family through a family tree or maybe you are tracking that illusive ancestor right now. My family certainly has had some adventures as we tracked our ancestors all across the United States and across the ocean. We have listened to stories of past events and diligently written it all down. Some of the stories proved true and some proved false, but all are interesting as all are like a mystery that needs to be solved. One such mystery occurred in tracking my grandfather’s father and in fact my grandfather’s whole family. He was my mother’s father and his name was Marcus Webster, a poor farmer that raised seven kids and gave up his dream to become a preacher to raise his family. But his father was an enigma – we did not even know where he was buried. Marcus never would talk about him and he may have been in that generation where fathers were called Paw and mothers were call Maw and kids never even knew their names until upstart grandchildren began doing the research. It would be many years later in a very unusual way that his history would be discovered. That inquiring grandchild of 14 had been challenged to track down the family by Marcus’s wife, Lillie. That started a lifelong pursuit for zillions of ancestors that may or may not ever be found. Marriage would take that grandchild all the way to San Angelo and a faint story that the illusive grandfather, father of Marcus might have been buried...
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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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...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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...The Military Genius of Ulysses S. Grant and His Forces during the Vicksburg Campaign. Ulysses S. Grant was unsuccessful at taking Vicksburg during the summer and winter of 1862-63, but renewed his efforts in the spring with one of the Unions most successful campaigns of the war. The first attempt at taking Vicksburg, also called the First Battle of Vicksburg consisted of a prolonged Union naval bombardment, which ended when the ships withdrew. At this moment Major General Ulysses S. Grant was moving his troops overland to the town to set up from the rear. His advance ended when Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s cavalry took out his rail supply line, and Major General Earl Van Dorn captured the Holly Springs supply base. Grant would resume his efforts to seize Vicksburg in December, which resulted in repeated failures. Major...
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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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... Period 2 11/28/11 Vicksburg, Winter of 1862 to Summer of 1863 It has been a long and deadly war. It has been over 2 years since I have had a good home cooked meal with my family. It is now the winter of 1862 and we have just started our march back to camp. We are returning from yet another failed attempt on Vicksburg under General William Sherman. Today I was placed at the station of the gatling gun. The Gatling gun is a hand-powered six-barreled repenter. It was a weapon only for the strong-armed soldiers. As I started to spin I heard a roaring of bullets flying out of the barrels. At first I thought this is one of the best jobs I’ve been assigned since signing up for the war. That thought was shortly ended when my arms started to get weak and hurt. All of a sudden my cart was hit with a cannon ball. I franticly jumped out of the explosion. I sustained minimal injury from the fragments of the wood that had splintered into my back. I was sent away to the hospital, but soon after I left I heard of defeat. As I was lying down I could hear what was going on out side, it sounded like president Lincoln was having a speech. One of the lines I liked and still remember till this day was “ Vicksburg is the key. The war can never be brought to a close until the key is in our pocket”. It was about a week until I was back on my feet. I was sent to...
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...“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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