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By: Ryan Middleton and Alex Odendahl Battle of Vicksburg By: Ryan Middleton and Alex Odendahl

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Background Union had taken New Orleans Ulysses S. Grant fighting for control of Mississippi River Confederates under General John C. Pemberton Two month siege

Timeline April 1863 May 1863 July 1863 Grant began new campaign Landed at Bruinsburg, south of Vicksburg Pushed Rebels back May 1863 Pemberton retreated to Vicksburg Grant attempted to attack, with heavy casualties 47 day siege July 1863 Confederates surrendered Vicksburg on July 4, 1863

Primary Source-Letter Grant writing to Stephen A. Hurlbut Jo Johnston at Jackson and Canton Harris Bluff Denver’s Division

Significance Union gained control of the Mississippi River Choked southern supplies Effectively split Confederacy in half Turning point of the war in West Distinguished Grant as the premier Union General

Quiz When did the Battle of Vicksburg take place? A year before Gettysburg Shortly after Gettysburg Four months after Gettysburg

Quiz What was the purpose for the Battle of Vicksburg? To gain control of the Mississippi To halt confederate advances in the West To open up a trade path with the South

Quiz How did the Battle of Vicksburg affect the South? They gained land outside of Vicksburg They were split in half They counterattacked with a powerful naval force

Quiz True or False: The Battle of Vicksburg allowed Grant to become the “number three” general of the Union. True False

Quiz Who was the Confederate general at Vicksburg? Pemberton Lee Jackson

Works Cited "Vicksburg." Council on Foreign Relations. Council on Foreign Relations, 2014. Web. 09 Nov. 2014. "Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on the Siege of Vicksburg, 1863." The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. N.p., 2009. Web. 10 Nov. 2014. "Ulysses S. Grant." Council on Foreign Relations. Council on Foreign Relations, 2014. Web. 08 Nov. 2014. "History of Vicksburg." History of Vicksburg. Vicksburg, MIssissippi, 1 Feb. 2011. Web. 11 Nov. 2014.