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Civil War Home: Organization of the Union Army At Vicksburg May 19–July 4, 1863 -- The Siege of Vicksburg, Miss. National Park Service: Vicksburg National Military Park (Siege of Vicksburg: Union order of battle). National Park Service: Vicksburg National Military Park (Troops in the Campaign, Siege and Defense of Vicksburg).
The siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863) was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War.In a series of maneuvers, Union Major General Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate Army of Mississippi, led by Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton, into the defensive lines surrounding the ...
Vicksburg was strategically vital to the Confederates. Jefferson Davis said, "Vicksburg is the nail head that holds the South's two halves together." [4] While in their hands, it blocked Union navigation down the Mississippi; together with control of the mouth of the Red River and of Port Hudson to the south, it allowed communication with the states west of the river, upon which the ...
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The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Siege of Vicksburg of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization [1] during the campaign. [2] [3]
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private John N. Eckes, United States Army, for gallantry in the charge of the volunteer storming party on 22 May 1863, while serving with Company E, 47th Ohio Infantry, in action at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
During the battle, Joseph Hanks braved heavy fire to carry his wounded comrade and childhood friend Antone Eppenhauer to safety before returning to the fighting. Eppenhauer lost touch with Hanks, but tracked him down almost 30 years later, and related his story to federal officials, who awarded Hanks the Medal of Honor in 1917.
The Battle of Milliken's Bend was fought on June 7, 1863, as part of the Vicksburg Campaign during the American Civil War. Major General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union Army had placed the strategic Mississippi River city of Vicksburg, Mississippi , under siege in mid-1863.