THE BATTLE OF VICKSBURG

VICKSBURG

• Along the Mississippi
• Key resource center for the south
• Heavily defended by 26,500 man garrison
• First attempts failed

BATTLE

• Grant (70,000) vs. Pemberton (29,000)
• May and June, 1863
• Union trapped the confederates
• Bombarded for 6 weeks
• July 4 Vicksburg surrenders

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AFTERMATH

• 29,491 casualties
• Divided the Confederacy
• Created negative relations b/ween southerners

SIGNIFICANCE

• Confederacy split in 1/2
• Union gains control of the Mississippi
• Impressive win (took multiple tries)

BIG CHANGE

• Most important or one of the most important battles
• Impressed Lincoln: Promotion of Grant
• Largest amphibious operation pre WWII
• 24,000 men transferred by water

WHAT WE CAN LEARN

• Showed the true effects of a war of attrition
• Marked the completion to a large campaign