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.
Grant starved them out for forty days and pounded them with artillery until they surrendered.
Vicksburg surrendered on July 4th, 1863.
The Union troops crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate troops out of Vicksburg
Grant starved them out for forty days and pounded them with artillery until they surrendered.
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.