What was the objective of the union and confederacy in the battle of Vicksburg?
The Battle of Vicksburg From mid-Oct. 1862, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant made several attempts to take Vicksburg. Following failures in the first attempts, the Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, the Yazoo Pass Expedition, and Steele’s Bayou Expedition, in the spring of 1863 he prepared to cross his troops from the west bank of the Mississippi River to a point south of Vicksburg and drive against the city from the south and east. More…… http://www.civilwarhome.com/battleofvick… http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundati… http://www.quartermaster.army.mil/oqmg/P… http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/ms/… Good luck.
