Managed to cross to the East bank of the Mississippi and besiege the Confederates in Vicksburg until they starved them out.
Ulysses Grant
The Battle of Vicksburg gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
The Battle of Vicksburg is also called the Siege of Vicksburg
The Union
The battle of Vicksburg
Vicksburg - U.S. Grant (Union) Gettysburg - George Meade (Union)
Grey.(P.S.The Union wore blue)
The Siege of Vicksburg. It meant the end of the war in the West. It released the Union troops to go and help at Chattanooga. And it brought great credibility of U.S.Grant, who would become General-in-Chief a few months later.
The Union's forces ate horses, dogs, and anything else that they could find, including mice.
The union's leader was Ulysses Grant the 18 president and the Confederacy was led by John Pemberton.
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