Six Reasons Why Ulysses Grant Won the Battle of Vicksburg

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Union General Ulysses S. Grant’s Vicksburg campaign was the most outlandish maneuver of the American Civil War and included the largest amphibious military approach until the advent of the Second World War. Grant is widely heralded as the first amongst the leaders of modern warfare, and along with a good set of commanders and the considerable Army of the Tennessee, he used his charge on Vicksburg to dominate the Western Theater of the war during the summer of 1863.

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[bobsylvester]

Grant is considered the first modern General. When the war started, it was commonly believed it would be a short conflict with relatively few casualties. That changed quickly when the two sides realized the others resolve and they saw the deaths being inflicted. Grant was the first to see that simply winning battles wasn’t going to be enough to win the war. You had to completely cripple the South economically and crush the will to resist. Grant used all the armies of the North in a coordinated strategy to finally achieve victory. This Vicksburg Campaign is considered textbook. It’s literally still studied a West Point.

[kurtwillig]

Grant was always willing to lose the first day of battle in order to learn the enemy defenses. Then he would pounce on the second day and win.

[Jason-fmmy]

We just need coffee, salt, and bread. What a badass.

[bobrr]

Great Presentation! I would have loved to see some maps interspersed with it.

[shawnmiller]

If Ken Burns is to be believed, the city of Vicksburg didn’t celebrate the 4th of July again until 1942

[jfontanez]

Once the confederates lost Vicksburg they lost at Gettysburg as well they should of just surrendered right there

[AlanZablocki]

Almost as important a battle as Gettysburg.

[konekillerking]

You left a huge part of the surrender conditions out. The Confederate soldiers could keep their personal property, except for slaves. That was huge for that time.

[mitchellhawkes]

You're nuts. "Good luck" had virtually NOTHING to do with Grant's genius plan to take Vicksburg. Grant's eventual winning strategy is studied in military colleges throughout the world now.

[StuartKoehl]

Three of them are John Pemberton, Joe Johnston and Jefferson Davis.

[LanceStoddard]

The CSA did not have a boss in the west. Pemberton mostly stayed in Vicksburg while Grant whupped the Confederates' scattered forces from a central position. Pemberton should have been ordered out of Vicksburg by somebody so the army could be united as one force. If Jackson fell, Vicksburg was untenable. How Pemberton could not understand that, is a great mystery.

[DelusionalDoug]

#1. SECRECY. One book I read on Abraham Lincoln said Lincoln didn’t know where Grant’s army was for six weeks prior to Grant crossing the Mississippi south of Vicksburg.

[geoffreylee]

The Confederacy would not send troops from all states. So only troops from local States helped.

[jaygregg]

I would boil Grant’s victory at Vicksburg down to three reasons: 1. Grant had more men than the Confederates and could make up any losses. 2. Grant was better equipped and supplied than the Confederates. 3. Grant had a large inland navy, commanded by a competent admiral.

[gellfex]

This would be more informative with more maps and troop movements, less random photos and re-enactors.

[alanswensen]

I think the second surrender offer from was not actually from Grant but one of his officers.

[evanjohnson]

Sherman was taking notes for his march to the sea

[TheLookingOne]

Did the Union run supplies up-river from New Orleans?

[DelusionalDoug]

In hindsight, after the Vicksburg surrender, Grant should have kept the officers for a couple extra weeks to allow the regular Confederation soldiers to disperse back to their homes and farms.

[shaifunnessa]

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