Battle of Vicksburg

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       The Battle of Vicksburg was a major battle that accued in the spring of 1863. It is mostly known as the turning point of the Civil War. It was the key tp success for the side who claimed victory. When the uniojn did that war was changed from that point forward.

Mi'quaesha Mcmullen

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       The course that Ulysses S. Grant took to begin the battle of Vicksburg started in the winter of 1862-63. In March, Ulysses S. Grant marched his army down the west bank of the Mississippi. The Confedrates ran past the Substantial batteries that protected the city. Grant crossed the river and entered Vicksburg.

Madison Rongholt

       Grant sent a thousand men forward the Stockade Redan. The 36th Mississisppi infantry defended the redan but it provided impossible to take. Grant open fired on Vicksburg on the night of May 21 with more than 220 pieces of artillery. Union warships joined in the southern soldiers and civilians tunneled into the ground to protect themselves from the barrage. Federals tried to break though the southern lines, and became a hand to hand fight. This battle turned into a brutal fight. A lot of Union soldiers were wounded and dead, and fewer than 500 southeners were hurt or killed. This battle turned to an on going fight. When it ended Mississippi was controlled by the Union.
Jernecia Wilson

       In the three weeks since Grant crossed the Mississippi in the campaign to capture Vicksburg his men marched 180 miles and won five battles. They took nearly 100 confederate artillery pieces and nearly 6,000 prisoners, all with relativelt light losses. Vicksburg became an important Union dastion after the surrender and remained so though the end of the war. It thrives today as a commerical and torism destination. Without the battle of Vicksburg the Union might have not won the Civil war, it was a huge aspect to the winning of the Civil war.

Dre Gaston





Work Citied:
www.exploresouthernhistory.com/vicksburg/.html
www.historynot.com/battle-of-vicksburg
www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-siege-of-vicksburg-commences?special=true