General Grant planned to capture Vicksburg because if he succeeded, the United States would be one step closer to executing their plan to defeat the Confederate States. The US had a plan known as the Anaconda Plan to defeat the Confederate States. Their plan was to blockade Southern ports, seize control of the Mississippi River to split the Confederacy in half, and attack the Confederacy from all sides to surround them. General Grant's plan to capture Vicksburg complies with the seizing of the Mississippi River to split the Confederacy in half.
Ulysses S. Grant won the siege of Vicksburg.
U.S. Grant led the U.S. forces at the Siege of Vicksburg.
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Pemberton surrendered Vicksburg to Grant on July 4th 1863.
He employed a strategy known as a "siege" to capture the city of Vicksburg.
General Grant planned to capture Vicksburg because if he succeeded, the United States would be one step closer to executing their plan to defeat the Confederate States. The US had a plan known as the Anaconda Plan to defeat the Confederate States. Their plan was to blockade Southern ports, seize control of the Mississippi River to split the Confederacy in half, and attack the Confederacy from all sides to surround them. General Grant's plan to capture Vicksburg complies with the seizing of the Mississippi River to split the Confederacy in half.
Ulysses S. Grant won the siege of Vicksburg.
Had to move down the West bank of the Mississippi, which made it awkward to attack Vicksburg.
U.S. Grant led the U.S. forces at the Siege of Vicksburg.
The Union did: Grant at Vicksburg, Meade at Gettysburg.
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Vicksburg
Grant took Vicksburg on July 4, 1863.
Shiloh, then Vicksburg. IMPROVEMENT Shiloh, Champion Hill, Vicksburg.
General US Grant was charged by General in Chief Henry Wager Halleck and President Lincoln to capture the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Previous attempts had failed and the city became a thorn in the Union's war efforts. Grant was not successful in his first attempts to capture Vicksburg. After several failures,however, he was able to lay siege to the city and force its surrender on July 1, 1863.
Grant accepted Pemberton's surrender to end the Siege of Vicksburg.