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- Many a One Will Get to Hell Before he Does to Port Hudson
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  May 21, 1863 (Thursday) Despite his wayward campaign through western Louisiana, Nathaniel Banks was back. He may have undertaken what General-in-Chief Henry Halleck had called “eccentric movements” that were of “secondary importance,” all throughout April and much of May, but now he was back on track and ready to once again try to take Port
- Johnston: ‘I am Trying to Gather a Force to Relieve You’
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  May 20, 1863 (Wednesday) In the battle for Vicksburg, Mississippi, there were two very divergent and contradictory Confederate strategies at work. General John Pemberton, who had commanded the Army of Mississippi in the field while Grant’s Federals gallivanted across the state, believed that Vicksburg itself was the key. The city had to be saved, otherwise
- Grant’s Failed First Assault upon Vicksburg
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  May 19, 1863 (Tuesday) General Grant rightly believed it had been a rout. The Rebels under John Pemberton were divided and thrown back at Champion Hill, and then soundly thrashed the next day at Big Black River Bridge. In their short tramp to the defenses of Vicksburg, Pemberton’s Confederates shed stragglers in droves. They were
- You Must Ultimately Surrender – The Siege of Vicksburg Begins
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  May 18, 1863 (Monday) As the beaten Confederate Army under John Pemberton streamed back into the Vicksburg defenses, General Grant was hot on their heels. He saw no reason to move otherwise. By this time, he knew that he had blocked any hope Pemberton held of joining with Joe Johnston’s troops north of Jackson. The
- Big Black River Bridge – Pemberton’s Last Stand
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  May 17, 1863 (Sunday) General John C. Pemberton waited through the night, as Edward’s Station burned upon the eastern horizon, like some hellish perpetual sunrise. With his back to the Big Black River, fifteen miles from Vicksburg, he waited for General William Loring’s Division, which had been acting as his rear guard following the retreat
- Champion Hill – Surprise, Out Flank and Divide
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  May 16, 1863 (Saturday) General Grant was roused from his slumber in Clinton, Mississippi by two men who worked for the Jackson & Vicksburg Railroad. His Army of the Tennessee had torched Jackson, the state capital, the day before and were now heading back east towards Vicksburg, following the line upon which these two gentlemen
- Pemberton “Advances” Away from Grant
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  May 15, 1863 (Friday) Joe Johnston was on the move north, trying to put as much distance between himself and General Grant’s Army at Jackson, Mississippi as possible. But he wasn’t just fleeing willy nilly into the night. He had a plan, and that plan was to somehow meet up with General Pemberton’s force, which
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Harpers Ferry Burned and Evacuated!

Eric | June 14, 2011

Friday, June 14, 1861 As soon as Confederate General Johnston got the word that he could use his discretion on whether or not to evacuate Harpers Ferry, he ordered Colonel Thomas Jackson to ready his brigade to move to Winchester. Everything movable in the town that could be used for the army was to be [...]

Category: 1861 Campaigns, Armies, Army of the Northwest, Battles, Campaigns & Raids, Confederate Armies, Harper's Ferry, Rockville Expedition, State Militia & Volunteers (US), State Troops & Home Guards (CS), US Armies, West Virginia '61 | No Comments »
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Missouri Prepares for War; Western Virginia Prepares for Statehood

Eric | June 12, 2011

Wednesday, June 12, 1861 Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson had unceremoniously left St. Louis with secessionist General Sterling Price. Their meeting with Union General Nathaniel Lyon didn’t go so well. It ended with Lyon exclaiming “this means war!” and leaving abruptly. Jackson and Price arrived back in the capital, Jefferson City, at 2am. The news of [...]

Category: 1861 Campaigns, Armies, Battles, Campaigns & Raids, Confederate Armies, Confederate Politics, Defense of Washington, Manassas Area '61, Operations to Control Missouri, Politics, Rockville Expedition, State Militia & Volunteers (US), State Troops & Home Guards (CS), US Armies | No Comments »
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Blundering Their Way to Big Bethel

Eric | June 9, 2011

Sunday, June 9, 1861 While Union General Patterson was in a holding pattern in southern Pennsylvania and Colonel Stone was gathering his wits and troops in Washington for the Rockville Expedition, General Butler, with men at Fortress Monroe and Newport News, planned a pre-dawn attack on a nearby Rebel fortification. For a few days, detachments [...]

Category: 1861 Campaigns, Armies, Army of the Peninsula, Battles, Campaigns & Raids, Confederate Armies, Fortress Monroe Area, Rockville Expedition, Slavery, State Militia & Volunteers (US), State Troops & Home Guards (CS), US Armies | 2 Comments »
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