Grant starved them out for forty days and pounded them with artillery until they surrendered.
Vicksburg surrendered on July 4th, 1863.
They surrounded the river-port of Vicksburg, the last big Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi.
The Union troops crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate troops out of Vicksburg
In 1863 the Confederate troops surrendered in Vicksburg. The Union gained control of the Mississippi River and divided the Confederacy in half. To celebrate the 4th would have been to celebrate the defeat of the city and of the South. It took about 80 years for those who had lived through the surrender to pass on.
During the American Civil War, Union forces sought in 1862 and 1863 to capture the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Located on high bluffs astride the Mississippi River, Vicksburg was a highly defensible fortress, and its capture proved difficult for the Union troops. Finally in 1863, Vicksburg surrendered after a siege starved them out.
Grant starved them out for forty days and pounded them with artillery until they surrendered.
Grant starved them out for forty days and pounded them with artillery until they surrendered.
Grant starved them out for forty days and pounded them with artillery until they surrendered.
Vicksburg surrendered on July 4th, 1863.
Grant starved them out for forty days and pounded them with artillery until they surrendered.
The Union troops crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate troops out of Vicksburg
Ambrose Burnside led the raids that distracted Confederate troops, enabling General Grant to land his troops south of Vicksburg.
On July 4, 1863, Union troops crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate troops out of Vicksburg.
The Union troops crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate troops out of Vicksburg
Because they loose the war
They surrounded the river-port of Vicksburg, the last big Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi.
The surrender of Vicksburg closed the Mississippi to southern traffic, making the transportation of troops and supplies impossible.