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The Battle of Vicksburg The battle was from May 18 - July 4, 1863 John C. Pemberton fought with 33,000 troops from the confederate. Ulysses S. Grant lead.

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1 The Battle of Vicksburg The battle was from May 18 - July 4, 1863 John C. Pemberton fought with 33,000 troops from the confederate. Ulysses S. Grant lead his 77,000 Union troops into battle.

2 Estimated casualties- Union- 10,142 Confederate- 9,091 The first two fights ended in Defeat for the north. After the two terrible losts Grant knew that a siege was the only option.From May 22 to July 4 Vicksburg was cut off from supplies. On the fourth Pemberton surrendered to Grant. With this Union victory the North now had control of the Mississippi river. http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/vic ksburg/maps/vicksburgmap.html

3  With this victory the north was now able to split the south in half. The win also lead to appointment of Grant as the General of all the Union’s forces. And the wining of the War.


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