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The Battle of Vicksburg
By: Kyle Manitz
Introduction
The war has been going on for two years
and two days. The battle of Champion Hill
has just been won by union forces.
Champion Hill was the battle before the
battle of Vicksburg. The total casualties at
Champion hill was 6,757. Union forces are
headed towards Vicksburg, Mississippi.
The Battle of Vicksburg
•The battle of Vicksburg began
on May 18, 1863 and carried on
through June.
•The battle is also called the
siege of Vicksburg.
•The confederate city of
Vicksburg surrendered on July
4, 1863.
General Robert E. Lee
• Robert E. Lee was born in Stratford Hall
Plantation, Westmore County, Virginia.
• He was born on January 19, 1807.
• He was the son of Major Henery Lee III.
• He was one of the Confederacy generals
from the beginning of the civil war in 1861
until the end in 1865.
• He died on October 12, 1870.
General Ulysses S. Grant
• Ulysses S. Grant was born in Point
Pleasant, Ohio.
• He was born on April 27, 1822.
• He was one of the union generals in the
civil war from the beginning in 1861 to the
end of the war in 1865.
• He died on July 23,1885.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
• The city of Vicksburg is on the east side of
the Mississippi river.
• The Mississippi river played a huge part in
the battle because supplies, food and
ammunition were shipped to the soldiers.
• The city of Vicksburg is the only city in
Warren county, Mississippi.
Strategies
• The Union strategy was to take Tennessee
and it’s key rail lines and then to take the
Mississippi river.
• The confederacy did not have strategy for
the battle.
Victor of Vicksburg
• The Union won The Battle of Vicksburg.
• I think the Union won the battle because
they had a plan and were more prepared
than the confederacy
Uniforms
• The Union wore blue uniforms.
• The Confederacy wore gray uniforms.
• The Union uniforms were made of dyed
wool.
• At the beginning of the war the
confederacy did not have uniforms.
• Later in the war factories made the gray
uniforms .
Spies
• Spies in the Civil War provided details on
troop movements and strengths.
• If they were caught in disguise and not in
uniform they would be hung.
• One of the Union spies was Harriett
Tubman.
• One of the Confederacy spies was John
Yates Beall.
Casualties
• The total casualties between the Union
and the Confederacy is 19,233.
• The total casualties for the Union is
10,142.
• The total casualties for the Confederacy is
9,091.
• Many soldiers died of infection from their
wounds.
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www.biography.com Robert E Lee
www.biography.com Ulysses S Grant
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www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/