Yazoo County Civil War History - Visit Yazoo County, Mississippi
... perfect shape. The Union fleet reversed engines and tried to back away into the broader Mississippi. The Condeferate ironclad continued to forge straight for the enemy. There were two reasons for this: (1) because despite her weaknesses she was a first class fighting ship and (2) because she couldn ...
... perfect shape. The Union fleet reversed engines and tried to back away into the broader Mississippi. The Condeferate ironclad continued to forge straight for the enemy. There were two reasons for this: (1) because despite her weaknesses she was a first class fighting ship and (2) because she couldn ...
Untitled - TCU Digital Repository
... Confederate government and had the most to fear from the presence of Federal armies typically fled at the earliest approach of Union forces, leaving their property unoccupied and thus vulnerable to destruction.17 If the owner of a house or nearby Confederate soldiers or partisans offered any armed r ...
... Confederate government and had the most to fear from the presence of Federal armies typically fled at the earliest approach of Union forces, leaving their property unoccupied and thus vulnerable to destruction.17 If the owner of a house or nearby Confederate soldiers or partisans offered any armed r ...
LEQ: What important battle in the West was
... Grant permitted the Union soldiers only as much food as they could carry or steal along the way. This image is titled “General Logan Entering Port Gibson, Mississippi.” It was created for the May 30, 1863 edition of Harper’s Weekly. This image is courtesy of sonofthesouth.net. ...
... Grant permitted the Union soldiers only as much food as they could carry or steal along the way. This image is titled “General Logan Entering Port Gibson, Mississippi.” It was created for the May 30, 1863 edition of Harper’s Weekly. This image is courtesy of sonofthesouth.net. ...
the civil war comes to yazoo - 1862
... Western Theater. Union victories at Pea Ridge in Arkansas and Shiloh in Tennessee brought the war to Mississippi's doorstep. The U. S. Navy entered the Mississippi River in force from both north and south, quickly capturing New Orleans and Baton Rouge, then Memphis. With Vicksburg as President Linco ...
... Western Theater. Union victories at Pea Ridge in Arkansas and Shiloh in Tennessee brought the war to Mississippi's doorstep. The U. S. Navy entered the Mississippi River in force from both north and south, quickly capturing New Orleans and Baton Rouge, then Memphis. With Vicksburg as President Linco ...
War and Remembrance: Walter Place and Ulysses S. Grant
... from the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries, including political cartoons, cartes-devisite (CDVs), cabinet cards, busts, lithographs, figurines, commemorative plates, political memorabilia, and books. According to Mrs. Lynn, the collection began when a relative gave her husband a fram ...
... from the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries, including political cartoons, cartes-devisite (CDVs), cabinet cards, busts, lithographs, figurines, commemorative plates, political memorabilia, and books. According to Mrs. Lynn, the collection began when a relative gave her husband a fram ...
Waul`s Texas Legion: Towards Vicksburg
... destroy all of their stores and provisions.18 The Legion retreated twenty miles, believing themselves to be outflanked. On the way, they engaged Union forces outside of Oxford, Mississippi, but broke off the fight. Unfortunately, the result of torrential downpours and the lack of adequate roads in ...
... destroy all of their stores and provisions.18 The Legion retreated twenty miles, believing themselves to be outflanked. On the way, they engaged Union forces outside of Oxford, Mississippi, but broke off the fight. Unfortunately, the result of torrential downpours and the lack of adequate roads in ...
Major Battles of the Civil War - sls
... a frontal assault. One of the commanders of the 15,000 Confederate soldiers was General George Pickett. He led this assault on the heights that came to be known as Pickett’s Charge. To get to the North’s line the South had to cross a dangerous mile of open space with a tall fence in the middle.” 10. ...
... a frontal assault. One of the commanders of the 15,000 Confederate soldiers was General George Pickett. He led this assault on the heights that came to be known as Pickett’s Charge. To get to the North’s line the South had to cross a dangerous mile of open space with a tall fence in the middle.” 10. ...
General US Grant`s Effective Use of the Leadership
... Union was going to be able to attack Vicksburg successfully. The scheme of maneuver to capture Vicksburg was not the only example of General Grant’s inventive thinking. After successfully landing at Bruinsburg, General Grant took a completely unorthodox step, cutting his own supply line, for his mov ...
... Union was going to be able to attack Vicksburg successfully. The scheme of maneuver to capture Vicksburg was not the only example of General Grant’s inventive thinking. After successfully landing at Bruinsburg, General Grant took a completely unorthodox step, cutting his own supply line, for his mov ...
BrownfieldBioTranscription
... and 4, 1862, and then followed the retreating Confederates for two days from Corinth. Price made a turn and came back and struck General Hulbert, soon again in retreat, and the Illinois troops captured all his camp equipment. The command in which Mr. Brownfield was a member then returned to Corinth, ...
... and 4, 1862, and then followed the retreating Confederates for two days from Corinth. Price made a turn and came back and struck General Hulbert, soon again in retreat, and the Illinois troops captured all his camp equipment. The command in which Mr. Brownfield was a member then returned to Corinth, ...
The American Civil War`s Western
... This image shows United States soldiers attempting to attack Confederate earthworks at Vicksburg, Mississippi. This image is titled The Siege of Vicksburg. This image was created by Henry Alexander Ogden (1856-1936) . This image is courtesy ofpixels.com. ...
... This image shows United States soldiers attempting to attack Confederate earthworks at Vicksburg, Mississippi. This image is titled The Siege of Vicksburg. This image was created by Henry Alexander Ogden (1856-1936) . This image is courtesy ofpixels.com. ...
Union Victories in the South (cont.)
... Vicksburg Falls (cont.) • As the Union troops marched toward Vicksburg, General Grant ordered his troops to live off the country by foraging– searching and raiding for food. • Grant’s troops captured the town of Jackson and proceeded west. • The march ended by driving Confederate troops back in ...
... Vicksburg Falls (cont.) • As the Union troops marched toward Vicksburg, General Grant ordered his troops to live off the country by foraging– searching and raiding for food. • Grant’s troops captured the town of Jackson and proceeded west. • The march ended by driving Confederate troops back in ...
Unit-6-A-Changing-Tide-Lecture-Notes
... ii. Many people claimed that the plan would cost to much which Lincoln responded the cost of an 87 day war $174 million, would more than pay for the slaves in Delaware, MD, DC, KY and MO iii. The stubbornness of the border states prevented making Lincoln’s plan a reality and being ever sensitive to ...
... ii. Many people claimed that the plan would cost to much which Lincoln responded the cost of an 87 day war $174 million, would more than pay for the slaves in Delaware, MD, DC, KY and MO iii. The stubbornness of the border states prevented making Lincoln’s plan a reality and being ever sensitive to ...
Dudley on Lepa, `Vicksburg and Chattanooga: The Battles that
... most importantly the Battle of Chickamauga—that led both Union and Confederate armies to eventually settle in for the looming Battle of Chattanooga. Lepa describes the Union attacks on Lookout Mountain, and William T. Sherman's assault on the Confederate left, but as expected, the climax of his narr ...
... most importantly the Battle of Chickamauga—that led both Union and Confederate armies to eventually settle in for the looming Battle of Chattanooga. Lepa describes the Union attacks on Lookout Mountain, and William T. Sherman's assault on the Confederate left, but as expected, the climax of his narr ...
January - b/g micah jenkins
... determined not to be sold if they can possibly help it. Sentiments remained unchanged when the Southerners stacked their arms and relinquished Vicksburg. William Pitt Chambers, who served with the 46th Mississippi Infantry, believed it a “conviction” among many Confederate soldiers, “that our Comman ...
... determined not to be sold if they can possibly help it. Sentiments remained unchanged when the Southerners stacked their arms and relinquished Vicksburg. William Pitt Chambers, who served with the 46th Mississippi Infantry, believed it a “conviction” among many Confederate soldiers, “that our Comman ...
Fall 2013 - Psi Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon at the University of
... has had a pair of screw drivers driven into his jaw and temples. He floods his bed with his blood…. One is pierced through the bowels & suffers a thousand agonies before death comes to his relief. Why should I proceed any further? Every part of the body is pierced. All conceivable wounds are inflict ...
... has had a pair of screw drivers driven into his jaw and temples. He floods his bed with his blood…. One is pierced through the bowels & suffers a thousand agonies before death comes to his relief. Why should I proceed any further? Every part of the body is pierced. All conceivable wounds are inflict ...
The Key to Victory - NPS History eLibrary
... Vicksburg. One column, under Grant's personal command, marched overland from Grand Junction, Tennessee, into north Mississippi. The object was to draw Confederate forces responsible for the defense of Vicksburg into the northern portion of the state and there keep them pinned while the other column, ...
... Vicksburg. One column, under Grant's personal command, marched overland from Grand Junction, Tennessee, into north Mississippi. The object was to draw Confederate forces responsible for the defense of Vicksburg into the northern portion of the state and there keep them pinned while the other column, ...
One Man, Two Battles, An Entire Nation: The Impact of Shiloh
... secured the Mississippi waterway Union commanders would have been humiliated. Western Tennessee and Kentucky would have been ...
... secured the Mississippi waterway Union commanders would have been humiliated. Western Tennessee and Kentucky would have been ...
Union Preserved, Freedom Secured
... needed to get troops below Vicksburg, that is, south of Vicksburg and on the same side of the river as the Confederate defenders, that is, the east side of the river. Narrator: Grant opted for a daring move. The gunboats and several transports loaded with supplies would float past Vicksburg at night ...
... needed to get troops below Vicksburg, that is, south of Vicksburg and on the same side of the river as the Confederate defenders, that is, the east side of the river. Narrator: Grant opted for a daring move. The gunboats and several transports loaded with supplies would float past Vicksburg at night ...
Ch. 11.4 The North Takes Charge Section Objectives
... Who did Lincoln appoint commander of all Union armies in 1864? Who was William Tecumseh Sherman? What kind of war did Grant and Sherman believe in? C. Grant and Lee in Virginia What strategy did Grant use against Lee? D. Sherman’s March What were Sherman and his troops doing on the marc ...
... Who did Lincoln appoint commander of all Union armies in 1864? Who was William Tecumseh Sherman? What kind of war did Grant and Sherman believe in? C. Grant and Lee in Virginia What strategy did Grant use against Lee? D. Sherman’s March What were Sherman and his troops doing on the marc ...
Ch - USHistoryIMacKay
... -What reasons did Lincoln give in the Gettysburg Address for why the Union was fighting the Civil War? 4. The Confederacy Wears Down -What important supplies was the Confederacy running low on? A. Confederate Morale -What happened to Confederate morale in the last years of the war? B. Grant Appoints ...
... -What reasons did Lincoln give in the Gettysburg Address for why the Union was fighting the Civil War? 4. The Confederacy Wears Down -What important supplies was the Confederacy running low on? A. Confederate Morale -What happened to Confederate morale in the last years of the war? B. Grant Appoints ...
Untitled [Eric Dudley on Vicksburg and Chattanooga: The - H-Net
... the river’s importance for commerce, communication, and transport, as well as its role as the effective lifeline to the Trans-Mississippi states Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas, without which needed supplies and manpower could not reach the eastern Confederacy. As for the Confederate fortifications o ...
... the river’s importance for commerce, communication, and transport, as well as its role as the effective lifeline to the Trans-Mississippi states Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas, without which needed supplies and manpower could not reach the eastern Confederacy. As for the Confederate fortifications o ...
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 614 A
... Lincoln wanted the key to gain control of the river and divide the ...
... Lincoln wanted the key to gain control of the river and divide the ...
The Civil War - Kim Miller Concerned Christians
... The turning point of the Civil War was the three-day Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. It was on the Fourth of July, 1863, that victory finally crowned the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg. General Robert E. Lee rested his defeated Confederate troops during the day, and began his long retreat i ...
... The turning point of the Civil War was the three-day Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. It was on the Fourth of July, 1863, that victory finally crowned the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg. General Robert E. Lee rested his defeated Confederate troops during the day, and began his long retreat i ...
Vicksburg Campaign
The Vicksburg Campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War directed against Vicksburg, Mississippi, a fortress city that dominated the last Confederate-controlled section of the Mississippi River. The Union Army of the Tennessee under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant gained control of the river by capturing this stronghold and defeating Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's forces stationed there.The campaign consisted of many important naval operations, troop maneuvers, failed initiatives, and eleven distinct battles from December 26, 1862, to July 4, 1863. Military historians divide the campaign into two formal phases: Operations Against Vicksburg (December 1862 — January 1863) and Grant's Operations Against Vicksburg (March–July 1863).Grant initially planned a two-pronged approach in which half of his army, under Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, would advance to the Yazoo River and attempt to reach Vicksburg from the northeast, while Grant took the remainder of the army down the Mississippi Central Railroad. Both of these initiatives failed. Grant conducted a number of ""experiments"" or expeditions—Grant's Bayou Operations—that attempted to enable waterborne access to the Mississippi south of Vicksburg's artillery batteries. All five of these initiatives failed as well. Finally, Union gunboats and troop transport boats ran the batteries at Vicksburg and met up with Grant's men who had marched overland in Louisiana. On April 29 and April 30, 1863, Grant's army crossed the Mississippi and landed at Bruinsburg, Mississippi. An elaborate series of demonstrations and diversions fooled the Confederates and the landings occurred without opposition. Over the next 17 days, Grant maneuvered his army inland and won five battles, captured the state capital of Jackson, Mississippi, and assaulted and laid siege to Vicksburg.After Pemberton's army surrendered on July 4 (one day after the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg), and when Port Hudson surrendered to Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks on July 9, Texas and Arkansas were effectively cut off from the Confederacy, and the Mississippi River was once again open for northern commerce to reach the Gulf of Mexico, and as a supply line for the Union Army. Grant's Vicksburg Campaign is studied as a masterpiece of military operations and a major turning point of the war.