Grant at Vicksburg: The General and the Siege

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ix Illustrations Maps The Siege of Vicksburg 2 The Mechanicsburg Corridor 36 Northeastern Louisiana 65 The Edwards-Canton-Jackson area in Grant’s rear 149 Gallery follows page 106 Major General Ulysses S. Grant Location of Grant’s headquarters Major General John A. McClernand Major General E. O. C. Ord Major General James B. McPherson Major General William Tecumseh Sherman Brigadier General Peter Osterhaus Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter Charles Dana, War Department envoy Lieutenant Colonel James H. Wilson Sylvanus Cadwallader, a newspaper reporter John Rawlins, Grant’s top aide Major General Henry Wager Halleck President Abraham Lincoln Secretary of War Edwin McMasters Stanton Colonel Isaac F. Shepard Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston Confederate Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton Ulysses S. Grant, ca. 1864 Third Louisiana Redan Stockade Redan Railroad Redoubt Vicksburg at time of surrender ...