Vicksburg

Logan was the wife of David Logan in both the book and the movie. In the movie she had some scenes that in the book, originally belonged to other characters. In both the book and the movie, Mrs.Logan tries to get people to sign for the store in Vicksburg. Cassie Logan was the narrator for both the movie and the book. But she was 9 years old in the book, and 12 in the movie. In the book, Cassie threw Lillian Jean’s books to the ground and then beat her up, while in the movie, we only saw a…

Unit Test Part 2 1. During the conversation between James and Captain Keller, Keller refers directly to Vicksburg and directly and indirectly to the Union commander Ulysses Grant. Captain Keller references words such as butcher, drunkard, obstinate, and defeat. Keller also complains that the Confederate commander at Vicksburg was not a Southerner, but rather a "half-breed Yankee traitor." Captain Keller is a Southerner who has been "subjected to" the rules of the North during Reconstruction.…

The First Battle of Bull Run The first battle of bull run took place on July 21, 1861 near Manassas, Virginia. The leader of the union troops, General McDowell, encountered confederate troops near Bull Run Creek, led by P.G.T. Beauregard and Joseph Eggelston Johnston. McDowell spent two days trying to get around them. Union troops crossed Bull Run Creek and managed to drive back all of the confederate forces except one battalion, led by Thomas Jackson. He earned his nickname when one soldier…

The battle of July 1-3, 1863 was fought at a town called, Gettysburg, which was the intersection of the principle streets, in Pennsylvania, while Gen. Lee was gone to Maryland and Pennsylvania through Virginia 's Shenandoah Valley. The fight was a serial of forth and back of their past positions between the armed forces. Armed force of Potomac (90,000 men under Gen. George G. Meade) and the Confederate armed force (75,000 man of Northern Virginia Army under Gen. Robert E. Lee) met up in a three…

calling her bitches. Mary has hit Jessica more than once. Jessica is constantly crying. Jessica stated that she does not want to be in the home with her mother anymore because they can not get along at all.Jessica mother leaves the home to go work in Vicksburg but leaves her brother to care for Jessica. Jessica is very emotional and she is always putting things about suicidal and killing her mother all the time. Mary does not care about Jessica at all. Jessica is currently at the housing crying…

Union unpreparedness. With this victory, Grant and the Army of Tennessee push forward towards Vicksburg. This became a six month ordeal for the army and Grant. Grant tried a lot of maneuvers and eventually outsmarted and won against the forces around Vicksburg. However, the cost was heavy for the soldiers. Though, Grant gained fame for his relentless effort in capturing Fort Henry, Fort Doneslon, and Vicksburg and the brilliant maneuvers and stunts pulled…

of state government did not return to Jackson until the end of the war. In May, 1863, when the government left and did not return until the end of the war, the city was almost uninhabited. Being between the major Federal region around Vicksburg and the confederate-held territory, Jackson was captured four more times. The federal returned to Jackson July, 1863, to finish destruction. Union troops captured the city for the fifth time in May 1865. This war in Jackson did not just…

hopeful throughout the war. Kate Stone’s reaction to the taking of Vicksburg demonstrated the resilient spirit of Southerners, “The loss of Vicksburg has stunned the whole country. It is a grievous blow, and there is great discouragement at least on this of the Mississippi River. But the reaction will come. The people will rally to strike a more deadly blow, to fight till the last armed for expires, to conquer or die”. The taking of Vicksburg was on July 4, 1863, and by early 1865, the Union…

reduced to eating dogs and cats—reportedly, even rats—because of the siege.” (3) Once Vicksburg surrendered it truly showed people that Grant was a man that could get things done. Grant used his superior leadership skills and military smarts to eventually overtake a fortified city. “In this remarkable letter, President Abraham Lincoln congratulates General Grant for an important victory -- the capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi, on July 4, 1863. Lincoln differed with Grant about how to handle…

Grant was able to cutoff Confederate General John C. Palmerton forces from the interior and initiated a siege of Vicksburg, thus giving the union control of the Mississippi river. This siege of Vicksburg shifted the tide of the war in favor of the Union. In March of 1864 Grant was appointed general and chief of all union Armies. He launched a new drive on Richmond however, he suffered many losses in the wildness…