Grant’s leadership tactics and battle strategies were not only adequate, but they were remarkable. At first, Lincoln disagreed with Grant’s plan to siege Vicksburg. Even though Lincoln did not agree with Grant’s plan, Grant continued because he thought he knew best and did what he thought would win the North Vicksburg. Grant’s plan was to surround Vicksburg and cut of all supplies. While doing this, they would continuously move in closer and closer and keep firing on the city. “...Vicksburg is so strong by nature and so well fortified that sufficient force cannot be brought to bear against it to carry it by storm against the present Garrison. It must be taken by a regular siege or by starving out the Garrison.” (Grant, 1). This six week siege proved to be effective when Vicksburg surrendered and Grant and the Union won the…
The Battle of Vicksburg was tried to be won over many times by General Ulysses S. Grant all the way from October, 1862. One of his attempts included one on January 2, 1863 where his men marched from the Yazoo River to the Mississippi River. Grant decided he would need assistant generals, so he brought with him McClerland, McPherson, and Sherman, who also had planned to invade Vicksburg. Originally, the plan had been to attack from Rodney, Mississippi, but a local changed his mind, so they attacked from Bruinsburg. Smaller battles were on May 17, and May 19. On May 19, Union forces were pretty bruised up, so Grant decided to try a new strategy.…
The first attempt to capture Vicksburg was in the summer of 1862. It is regularly called The First Battle of Vicksburg.…
At the battle of Chancellorsville, Confederate General Thomas Jackson (Stonewall Jackson) had been shot by his own side. The Confederate forces won but the loss of Stonewall Jackson had affected the Confederates very badly. This was good for us.…
Did you know about 600,000 people died in the Civil War? The North and the South’s economies made their money in two totally different ways. The North made their money by big industries. The South used the cold-blooded system of slavery. The United States fought a Civil War because of sectionalism, slavery and compromises ignoring previous compromises.…
After some of the southern states had begun to secede, the Confederate soldiers started taking over federal establishments, including forts. Fort Sumter was a federal fort located in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.…
Both the Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg helped to secure a win for the Union. Both of these battles destroyed the south chance of winning the war. The south suffered great losses of men and of supplies fighting these battles. The Confederate army lost control of the last fort around the Mississippi River splitting the south in half. Such a tremendous loss in Gettysburg Lee had no chance of invading the north. His army was rendered incapable of efficient action after the loss. The Confederate army was driven back into Virginia without the victory they left for. The Battle of Vicksburg wasn't really a battle, it was a siege. The Siege driven by the north was happening the same time as the Battle of Gettysburg. The Union's goal was…
It started on July 21, 1861 at Manassas, Virginia. The day Confederates decided to go North and get the Union. What the Confederates didn't know was the territory which helps benefit the Union. Soon many northern citizens rode out to see the battle had to quickly leave and head back to the capital Washington. The Union troops started to panic after they heard the Confederates were coming. They left later in the day and were 25 miles away from Washington D.C. . My son wrote “We arrived by railroads and there are more troops than we thought, this’ll be a close one.” I received news today that Stonewall Jackson received his name from this war. His real name is Thomas J. Jackson which none of us knew because all the town heard about was “Stonewall…
The siege of Vicksburg will be known as one of the most important battles in the Civil War. At least, that’s what the opposing president’s think. The city of Vicksburg, Louisiana, sits on the banks of the Mississippi. Vicksburg was a vital port city for the Confederacy, as it was one of the two remaining cities on the mississippi that the South had control over. Because of this, the actual fort was heavily armed. Lunentint General John C. Pemberton had been put in charge of the fort’s protection from threats. Pemberton was originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but joined the confederacy due to his Virginian wife’s request. Pemberton was a trained West-point engineer, which allowed his to set up multiple strong works around Vicksburg.…
April 2,1865 Grant continued the siege of Petersburg. Lee and his troops defended the town, but sickness, casualties and desertion weakened them. Finally the Confederate line broke and Lee withdrew from defending the town. From the beginning of the horrible war, the Union’s goal was to capture the Confederate capital in Richmond. Petersburg had been the last roadblock in Grant’s path.…
Attacking Union forces camped out on the Mississippi bluffs with 80,000 soldiers. Our many citizens fled for caves in the city's hills to escape the many shells that were fired. The citizens of Vicksburg were tired and starving but held on to hope. But in the end their efforts were futile and Grant’s efforts took over the fort on May, 19,…
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The assault began late afternoon. The Confederates gained ground on the Union infantry and forced the Union troops to retreat to the Stones River. Unfortunately, the Confederate troops ran…
Did you know there was 43,040 - 48,040 casualties at Gettysburg. This battle take place during the Civil War. The South has been winning so far in the war, but lost the Battle of Gettysburg. Therefor the North has now won and has stopped the South's winning streak. Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War because the North is gaining momentum while the South is losing momentum.…
On November 10th, 1898, Wilmington, North Carolina became the site of the only coup d’état in American history. The uprising of 1898 was complicated, with deep roots and lasting effects, yet this momentous event has gone largely ignored, relegated to an obscure corner of history where it is remembered only as a petty riot. It is rarely acknowledged as the incident that led to the overthrow of North Carolinian Reconstruction governments in favor of the Democratic assemblies that instituted the infamous Jim Crow laws, leading to a century of segregation. The Democrats of North Carolina staged this uprising as a reaction to the laws placed on them by Reconstruction—laws that were alien, diametrically opposed to the views held by the Old South,…