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Why did grant take such as indirect route to Vicksburg when he had been so close in March?
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Who captured Chattanooga while Grant besieged Vicksburg?
General William Rosecrans
What happend in may 1-19 1863?
general grant took over Mississippi and Vicksburg
What was the result of General Grant's victory at Vicksburg?
Command of the Mississippi river to union forces for the duration of the war
What did grant accomplish for the union by his victory at Vicksburg?
He had liberated the Mississippi, and was then able to rescue the besieged Army of the Cumberland in Chattanooga.
What happend after grants victory at Vicksburg?
It was the end of the war in the West, and Grant was able to go to the aid of the Army of the Cumberland in Chattanooga.
What took place at the Battle of Vicksburg?
Vicksburg fell as a result of a siege. Grant used an indirect approach to encircle the city and isolate it from reinforcements and resupply. Then he bombarded and starved it into submission.
Who was the union general won at the Battle of Vicksburg?
Ulysses S. Grant won the siege of Vicksburg.
Who Was the commander of the Union forces at the Battle of Vicksburg Vicksburg?
U.S. Grant led the U.S. forces at the Siege of Vicksburg.
Why did Grant take such an indirect route to Vicksburg when he had been so close in March?
Union attempts to capture the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi was wrought with failures. As late as early part of 1863, four unsuccessful attempts by General Grant to strike Vicksburg from the rear by moving his army on transports through the rivers and bayous to the bluffs north or south of the city were tactics that met with little success. General Grant tried very innovative tactics to solve the problem of Vicksburg. By digging a canal across the mile wide peninsula, Grant hoped to bypass the Vicksburg artillery, move the army on transports and attack the city from the south. Earlier attempts at capturing Vicksburg were attempted by Union Admiral David Farragut. After he had captured New Orleans, he sailed north to Vicksburg but his fleet was repulsed. Grant then believed that a land assault might prove successful if the Confederate forces protecting the city could be drawn away by a battle elsewhere where they were needed. In early November of 1862, Grant decided to attempt this by marching an army of 31,000 troops towards Grand Junction in southern Tennessee. There the town had a railway that Grant thought could provide him to the Mississippi to a landing point south of Vicksburg. Grant planned to link up with a sizable army under General Sherman. Despite the best intentions, Vicksburg did not fall. A series of maneuvers by Grant and Sherman still were unable to launch an offensive attack on the well fortified city. Finally by cutting off the supply lines to Vicksburg, Grant lay siege to the city. In summary, the assaults on Vicksburg began in 1862 and it held out until July 4th 1863. The fall of Vicksburg was an important victory for the Union. The length of time it took for the Union's river and land campaigns on a city that even Lincoln deemed to be essential, was not a good sign for the power & leadership of the Union's campaign.
Who won at Vicksburg and Gettysburg?
The Union did: Grant at Vicksburg, Meade at Gettysburg.
Who lead the Battle of Vicksburg?
Grant
What city did grant starve out?
Vicksburg
What year was Battle of Vicksburg?
Grant took Vicksburg on July 4, 1863.
Which battle did grant win in the west?
Shiloh, then Vicksburg. IMPROVEMENT Shiloh, Champion Hill, Vicksburg.
Who was the leader of the union after the Battle of Vicksburg?
It was still Henry Halleck. But Grant's success at Vicksburg gave him great credibility, and the following March he was appointed General-in-Chief, with Halleck agreeing to serve under him as Chief-of-Staff.
Who ended the Battle of Vicksburg?
Grant accepted Pemberton's surrender to end the Siege of Vicksburg.
To gain control of Mississippi US Grant laid siege on what city?
Vicksburg =]
