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Capture of Jackson, Mississippi
Grant and the Union troops move into Mississippi and capture the state capitol. Pemberton attmemps to stop the Union movement into Haynes Bluff. So he orders his troops to burn the bridges and take everything edible along the way. -
Confederates evacuate Haynes Bluff
The Confederates leave Haynes Bluff and begin to defens the city of Vicksburg. -
Grant launches an assault on Vicksburg
The Union arrives at the Vicksburg defences and launch an immediate assault upon arrival. Confederates are able to defend the city and the assault fails. -
Union does a 2nd assualt
Once again the confederates are able to defend the city and the assault fails. -
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Union troops dig trenches
Union troops dig aseries of trenches during the whole month of June. Slowly the trenches got closer and closer to the defence of the city. -
General Taylor's plan fails at Milliken's Bend
General Taylor laucnhed an attack on Grant's supply line in an attempt to hold the city for a little longer but the Union stops his plan. -
First Union mine blows up
The trenches get close enough where the union can blowup a mine on the defences. The mine does little damage because the confederates saw it coming and had already built a second line of defence. -
Food runs low in Vicksburg
Confederate food supplies start to run low and the Union has all the supply routes blocked off. -
Second mine blows up
A second mine blowsup and destroys a confederate fort. -
Confederate men ask Pemberton to Surrender
Pemberton consults with his senior officers and they decide that their men are not capable of fighting through the federal lines in order to open the supply route. -
Confederates Surrender
The Union captures the city of Vicksburg. Grant and Pemberton meet to discuss terms. At first they disagree but later they come to terms. The terms were the Confederate soldiers would be allowed to leave Vicksburg having given their parole not to fight again, unless officially exchanged for Northern prisoners.
