Hayden Seibert By: Hayden Seibert Joshua Froess Why? The city of Vicksburg was an important location to control If the union could control it they would.

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Hayden Seibert By: Hayden Seibert Joshua Froess

Why? The city of Vicksburg was an important location to control If the union could control it they would control the entire Mississippi River. If they could take the city, the south would be cut in half, and be separated from it’s main food supply

Location Warren county Mississippi

The Battlefield

Generals Ulysses S. Grant John C. Pemberton Born April 27, 1822 Attended West Point Fought under General Zachery Taylor in the Mexican war Died July 23, 1885 Born in Philadelphia August 10, 1814 Fought in the Seminole war Died July 13, 1881

Grant’s plan of attack First, Grant had to take ships down past the guns of Vicksburg so that he could take his army across to the east of the Mississippi Once he was there, he attacked and took the city of Jackson to the east of Vicksburg Then, he would attack Vicksburg from the south, and southeast Then, Grant decided to lay siege to the city Thirteen trenches were built around the city

Grant’s plan of attack continued The siege officially had began on the 22 nd of May Mines were detonated by the union underneath the confederate defenses There were two explosions One destroyed Fort Hill Bastion, a confederate fort on June 25 th

Pemberton’s plan of defense Pemberton’s defenses included the natural defenses created by the terrain where Vicksburg was, this included creeks, mud, woodland, and bluffs. Pemberton also had trenches built around the borders of Vicksburg, along with several forts There were many artillery batteries placed around the perimeter

Getting the boats in position The union boats had to get past the guns of Vicksburg so that they could transport the union troops from the west side of the Mississippi to the east On the night of April 16 the fleet tried to get past the guns One transport was lost

Jackson Jackson was a city to the east of Vicksburg Grant’s army attacked and conquered Jackson first before moving on Vicksburg 300 cassualties

The combat Most of the combat was trench warfare and skirmishes The city was almost continuously bombarded by Artillery shells, from both the Mississippi River and from land Union casualties: 10,142 Confederate casualties: 9,091

Life behind the walls Living in Vicksburg wile it was under siege would not have been fun There was continuous artillery fire Little food supplies Disease People built shelters underground to defend from artillery

The surrender Soon the people of Vicksburg could take the siege no longer, they were all starving, disease ridden and tired General Pemberton asked for surrender terms on July 3 rd Grant replied “Unconditional surrender”, however he decided to give the starved confederates food supplies The surrender was completed on July 4 th

Aftermath After the battle was won the south was cut in half and their chances of winning the war were crushed Both the loss of Vicksburg and Gettysburg severely hurt the confederacy General Grant went on to win the war for the south and latter become president of the United States Pemberton went on to take up farming after the war

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