The Battle of Vicksburg
The Battle of Vicksburg was fought in Warren County, Mississippi. It started on May 18th, 1863 and didn’t end until July 4th that same year. An army led by Ulysses S. Grant were trying to get the Confederate’s river fortress in Vicksburg because it was strategically helpful. Past pursuits hadn’t worked out, but it inevitable that Grant’s 70,000 men would sooner or later beat Pemberton’s 29,000 men. Near the end of April, Grant’s troops moved quickly to Vicksburg, attacking John Pemberton and his Confederate army. Previous Union victories- at Big Black Bridge and Champion Hill- left Pemberton with a weakened army, so the Confederates had to take a defensive position. On the nineteenth and twenty-second of May, the Union had invaded the Confederates at the river fortress but the Union didn’t have as much power as they thought they would. Grant moved his men to the city so no one else would die. Not one to give up, Grant and his troops attacked time and time again. Eventually, on July fourth, Pemberton surrendered his troops to the Union. After this battle, President Lincoln was able to say, “again goes unvexed to the sea,” speaking about the Mississippi River.
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