Vicksburg 1863 by Alan Hankinson

Author:Alan Hankinson
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Vicksburg 1863: Grant Clears the Mississippi
ISBN: 9781782004172
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

an artist’s impression of the unsuccessful naval attack on Grand Gulf on the morning of 29 April 1863.

towards the end of the bombardment of Grand Gulf. The Union ships, from left to right, are: Benton (16 guns), Tuscumbia (5 guns), Louisville (13 guns, 1 howitzer), Carondelet (13 guns, 1 howitzer), Pittsburgh (12 guns, 1 howitzer), Mound City (13 guns, 1 howitzer) and Lafayette (6 guns, 4 howitzers).

Grant had some 20,000 men ashore and the rest of McPherson’s corps coming up close behind. Orders had gone to Sherman to leave the Yazoo and hurry after them. But Grant knew that he would be seriously outnumbered if Pemberton gathered all the forces available to him and quick-marched them down to the defence of Grand Gulf. He had to move fast. McClernand’s men, who must have been very tired by now, marched eastward towards Port Gibson during the night, and came up against the Confederate outposts before daybreak on 1 May.

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