The casualties in the North and South were bad. The union army started out with 75,000 soldiers, and of that, there were 4,835 casualties. The confederate started out with 34,000 soldiers, and of that they had 3,300 with nearly 30,000 captured by the union. When Pemberton surrendered to Grant, President Lincoln wrote that the Mississippi River “again goes unvexed to the sea” (Warren 61). After the battle, the town of Vicksburg didn’t celebrate the 4th of July for nearly 81 years.
It was the final major military action of the campaign of the Civil War. Vicksburg was also the last major Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi. Therefore capturing it completed the Northern Strategy known as the Anaconda Plan. This was a culmination of one
It was the final major military action of the campaign of the Civil War. Vicksburg was also the last major Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi. Therefore capturing it completed the Northern Strategy known as the Anaconda Plan. This was a culmination of one