The Battle of Vicksburg
By: Joanne Hatch, Kaitlyn Naddaff, Meg Downing, and Allison Stearns

WHERE?

• Vicksburg, Mississippi
• Port Hudson, Louisiana

WHEN?

• Spring of 1862-July, 4 1863

WHO?

• General grant
• David G. Farragut

WHY IS IT SIGNIFICANT?

• The reopening of the Mississippi made the economy better
• Helped the abolition war
• War resulted in favor of the north causing all confederate hopes of foreign help to be lost

WHAT HAPPENED? WHO WON?

• The union drove out provisions of the confederates. The confederates were starved out as a result of this. Therefore the union won.

DAVID G. FARRAGUT

• U.s. Naval officer for the union
• Helped capture New Orleans
• 1801-1870

GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT

• U.s. General and commander for union
• Came after Farragut
• 1822-1885

WORKS CITED

• Staff, History .com. "David Farragut." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2011. Web. 04 June 2015. .
• "Ulysses S. Grant." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 04 June 2015.