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The siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863) was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War.In a series of maneuvers, Union Major General Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate Army of Mississippi, led by Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton, into the defensive lines surrounding the ...
Vicksburg was strategically vital to the Confederates. Jefferson Davis said, "Vicksburg is the nail head that holds the South's two halves together." [4] While in their hands, it blocked Union navigation down the Mississippi; together with control of the mouth of the Red River and of Port Hudson to the south, it allowed communication with the states west of the river, upon which the ...
Vicksburg National Military Park preserves the site of the American Civil War Battle of Vicksburg, waged from March 29 to July 4, 1863. The park, located in Vicksburg, Mississippi, flanking the Mississippi River, also commemorates the greater Vicksburg Campaign which led up to the battle. Reconstructed forts and trenches evoke memories of the ...
Grierson's Raid was a Union cavalry raid during the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. It ran from April 17 to May 2, 1863, as a diversion from Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant 's main attack plan on Vicksburg, Mississippi .
The 52nd returned to Vicksburg, and fought a skirmish with Confederate forces at Bayou Liddell, Louisiana on October 15, 1864. [5] The regiment was mustered out of service May 5, 1866. Total combat casualties of the 52nd Colored Regiment: at Vicksburg, 3 wounded, 3 missing, at Coleman's Plantation 4 killed, 2 wounded, 4 missing, at Bayou Lidell ...
Lieutenant Colonel Preston Brent was wounded in the trenches at Vicksburg and command of the Regiment passed to Major R.C. Mccay. [3] On July 4, 1863, the Vicksburg garrison surrendered and the 38th regiment was paroled until it could be exchanged. Many of the men deserted after Vicksburg and evaded attempts to return them to service.
The survivors were captured when Vicksburg fell, were paroled, and went home. The regiment was declared exchanged in fall 1863, but many soldiers failed to report for duty. Two companies joined Gober's Louisiana Mounted Infantry Regiment, but most of the men spent the rest of the war near Pineville, Louisiana , on garrison duty, and disbanded ...
The Battle of Jackson was fought on May 14, 1863, in Jackson, Mississippi, as part of the Vicksburg campaign during the American Civil War.After entering the state of Mississippi in late April 1863, Major General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union Army moved his force inland to strike at the strategic Mississippi River town of Vicksburg, Mississippi.