Название: Storming Vicksburg: Grant, Pemberton, and the Battles of May 19-22, 1863
Автор: Earl J. Hess
Издательство: The University of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 1469660172
Год: 2020
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 400
Размер: 5,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

The most overlooked phase of the Union campaign to capture Vicksburg, Mississippi, was the time period from May 18 to May 25, 1863, when Ulysses S. Grant closed in on the city and attempted to storm its defenses. Federal forces mounted a limited attack on May 19 and failed to break through Confederate lines. After two days of preparation, Grant's forces mounted a much larger assault.