Vicksburg Campaign

Overview

The Vicksburg campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War directed against Vicksburg, Mississippi, a fortress city that dominated the last Confederate-controlled section of the Mississippi River. The Union Army of the Tennessee under Major General Ulysses S. Grant gained control of the river by capturing this stronghold and defeating Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton's forces stationed there.

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Significance

The Vicksburg campaign was directed at securing Union control of the Mississippi River by capturing the fortress city of Vicksburg, the last major Confederate stronghold on the waterway. Grant's Army of the Tennessee defeated Pemberton's forces and took the city, severing the Confederacy's ability to use the river as a corridor for men and materiel. Control of the Mississippi had been a central Union strategic objective in the Western Theater, and the fall of Vicksburg denied the Confederacy its remaining hold on that axis, effectively splitting the Confederate states along the river.

Forces & casualties

Commanders (4)