What steps did General Grant have to take in order to begin the Siege of Vicksburg?

Question

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Answer 1

His campaign in the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, began in late 1862 with setbacks. Confederate cavalry captured Grant's supply base at Holly Springs and William Tecumsch Sherman's premature assault on Vicksburg failed. After a winter of frustration, Grant's supporting fleet ran past the batteries and landed troops south of Vicksburg. Grant then unexpectedly struck at Jackson, Mississippi, before turning toward Vicksburg. His lightning moves prevented the cooperation of two Confederate armies in Mississippi and led to eventual surrender of the besieged citadel of Vicksburg in July 1863. Grant's military masterpiece virtually opened the river and bisected the Confederacy. A smashing victory against Gen. Braxton Bragg at Chattanooga in November 1863 firmly established his reputation as the Union's finest commander.

Answer 2

~First, he had to show his superiority to Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck at Shiloh so Lincoln would fire Halleck and appoint him as General in Chief of the Western Theater then he had to get his army together and organized, then he had to march on to Vicksbury, then he had to set up both offensive and defensive positions such that an embargo could be established and a seige maintained. He also had to make sure his troops had sufficient arms, clothing, food and ammunition. Most generals take pretty much the same steps in order to begin a seige. The process was already old when Alexander took Tyre. Of course, in Grant's case, to be really ready Ole Ulysses also order in a case of Kentucky bourbon. It didn't hurt that General Lew Wallace was off writing Ben Hur at the time either. Luckily, it only took Grant a couple days to finish off Vicksburg whereas it took Wallace a couple decades (and a run in with Billy the Kid) to finish the book.

Answer 3

This time frame also involved battle of Shiloh, and Corrinth as well as the seige of Vicksburg. Everyone else has given you the lowdown on it. ( Great Grandpa was captured at Vicksburg and returned back to Union forces on a prisoner exchange 3 days later)

Answer 4

The Union had to gain control of the Mississippi. This required the Union gaining control of New Orleans and the Mississippi River as a whole.

Answer 5

Ryan is all over it.

He cut the city off from outside civilization. Nothing gets in or out. That meant gaining control of the rivers flowing into the city and the railroads going into and out of the city. You cut off the flow of supplies, then the city is at the mercy of those that control the "shipping lanes", so to speak.

Answer 6

he had to cross the Mississippi River to surround it. He did this to the south and looped around to join Sheridan's troops.