1863 Cincinnati OHIO Civil War newspaper LG MAP Vicksburg MISSISSIPPI & VICINITY

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1863 Cincinnati OHIO Civil War newspaper with a LARGE MAP Vicksburg MISSISSIPPI & VICINITY
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SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL Civil War NEWSPAPER, the
Cincinnati Daily Gazette
(OHIO) dated Apr 24, 1863.
This newspaper contains a prominent detailed 9" x 7" inside page Civil War map headlined: "THE SITUATION ON THE MISSISSIPPI (River) / Scene of Operations Around Vicksburg."
There are also headlines and a long detailed report on the
VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN
of the Civil War.
This year (2013) marks the 150th anniversary of the VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN of the Civil War !!
The Vicksburg Campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in the
Western Theater
of the
American Civil War
directed against
Vicksburg, Mississippi
, a fortress city that dominated the last
Confederate
-controlled section of the
Mississippi River
. The
Union
Army of the Tennessee
under
Maj. Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant
gained control of the river by capturing this stronghold and defeating
Lt. Gen.
John C. Pemberton
's forces stationed there.
The campaign consisted of many important naval operations, troop maneuvers, failed initiatives, and eleven distinct battles from December 26, 1862, to July 4, 1863. Military historians divide the campaign into two formal phases: Operations Against Vicksburg (December 1862 – January 1863) and Grant's Operations Against Vicksburg (March–July 1863).
Grant initially planned a two-pronged approach in which half of his army, under Maj. Gen.
William T. Sherman
, would advance to the
Yazoo River
and attempt to reach Vicksburg from the northeast, while Grant took the remainder of the army down the Mississippi Central Railroad. Both of these initiatives failed. Grant conducted a number of "experiments" or expeditions—Grant's Bayou Operations—that attempted to enable waterborne access to the Mississippi south of Vicksburg's artillery batteries. All five of these initiatives failed as well. Finally, Union gunboats and troop transport boats ran the batteries at Vicksburg and met up with Grant's men who had marched overland in
Louisiana
. On April 29 and April 30, 1863, Grant's army crossed the Mississippi and landed at Bruinsburg, Mississippi. An elaborate series of demonstrations and diversions fooled the Confederates and the landings occurred without opposition. Over the next 17 days, Grant maneuvered his army inland and won five battles, captured the state capital of
Jackson, Mississippi
, and assaulted and laid siege to Vicksburg.
After Pemberton's army surrendered on July 4 (one day after the Confederate defeat at
Gettysburg
), and when
Port Hudson
surrendered to Maj. Gen.
Nathaniel P. Banks
on July 9, the entire Mississippi River belonged to the
Union
. These events are widely considered the
turning point
of the war. Grant's Vicksburg Campaign is considered one of the masterpieces of American military history.
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