BATTLE OF VICKSBURG

FACTS ABOUT THE BATTLE

• There was 37,402 casualties
• Robert E lee's son was at the battle
• The civilians of Vicksburg hid in caves
• The union cut off supplies to Vicksburg
• They surrendered when they ran out of supplies.

WHO FOUGHT

• Ulysses S. Grant was the general for the union.
• John C. Pemberton was the general for the south.

IMPACT ON THE WAR

• It was a chain of wins for the union in the west.
• It was part of Sherman's march to the sea.
• It was part of the turning point in the war.