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ix Illustrations Maps The Confederate Heartland frontispiece The Vicksburg Campaign, March 29–May 18, 1863 9 Grierson’s Raid, April 17–May 3 26 The Battle of Port Gibson, May 1, 1863 44 Roads to Raymond, May 1–12, 1863 66 The Battle of Raymond, May 12, 1863 88 The Battle of Jackson, May 14, 1863 97 The Battle of Big Black River Bridge, May 17, 1863 174 Grant’s March from Bruinsburg to Vicksburg, May 1–18, 1863 195 Figures (following page 128) Major General Ulysses S. Grant Confederate Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton Union Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter Union Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson Grierson’s troopers riding through Baton Rouge on May 2, 1863 Confederate Brigadier General John S. Bowen Confederate Brigadier General John Gregg Union Major General James B. McPherson The Battle of Raymond The Battle of Jackson Union Major General William Tecumseh Sherman Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston Union Major General John A. McClernand ...

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