The Vicksburg Campaign, 1863: The Inland Battles, Siege and Surrender

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By the end of March 1863, Major General Ulysses S. Grant was at a crossroads in his military career. His bold attempts in the late fall 1862 and winter of 1862/63 had all come up fall short of his objective: get his army on high ground north and east of Vicksburg and capture the last major obstacle on the Mississippi River.

Grant had been stymied by the difficult region’s swampy bayous as well as Confeder...