https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f Sanchez & Zapata en-us 2021-02-01 18:39:41 UTC 2024-07-14 15:34:08 UTC hello@padlet.com yzapata23 https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150462258 2021-02-01 19:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150462258 asanchez237 https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150472914 May 18 – July 4, 1863]]> 2021-02-01 19:03:20 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150472914 asanchez237 https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150478244 General Ulysses S Grant]]> 2021-02-01 19:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150478244 asanchez237 https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150481798 John C Pemberton]]> 2021-02-01 19:05:03 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150481798 yzapata23 https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150518723 The Union suffered roughly around 4,910 casualties

The Confederacy suffered roughly around 32,363 casualties.

Both sides combined for a total of 37,273 casualties ]]> 2021-02-01 19:12:14 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150518723 yzapata23 https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150530606 The Union engaged more forces in this battle (77,000 troops compared 33,000 from the Confederacy)]]> 2021-02-01 19:14:34 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150530606 asanchez237 https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150556425 The Union, under the lead of General Grant, struck a stunning victory here by clearing gaining control of the Mississippi, and completing their infamous Anaconda Maneuver. Additionally, General Pemberton literally surrendered, sealing the victory. This, in combination with the Battle of Gettysburg, which happened around the same time, changed the tide of the war in the Union’s favor.]]> 2021-02-01 19:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150556425 asanchez237 https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150563462 The town of Vicksburg gained the nickname Prairie Dog Town after it’s residents began living in over 500 dug tunnels and caves.]]> 2021-02-01 19:21:18 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150563462 yzapata23 https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150581253 The town of Vicksburg would not celebrate the 4th of July for 81 years after the war had ended.]]> 2021-02-01 19:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150581253 asanchez237 https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150618090 Both President Abraham Lincoln and President Jefferson Davis realized that Vicksburg was the nailhead that held the east and west parts of the South together. Because of this, both sides gave there all to controlling the town. Unfortunately for the Confederacy, some Confederate generals did not see Vicksburg the same way, and let the Union have it.]]> 2021-02-01 19:32:28 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150618090 asanchez237 https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150631480 2021-02-01 19:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150631480 asanchez237 https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150634673 2021-02-01 19:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150634673 asanchez237 https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150644808 General Grant held true to his ‘do or die’ strategies, attempting to simply storm Vicksburg not once, but twice before settling down for a siege.]]> 2021-02-01 19:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150644808 asanchez237 https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150664340 2021-02-01 19:42:14 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1150664340 asanchez237 https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1160191613 https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/vicksburg-campaign

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/vicksburg

https://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war/siege_of_vicksburg.php]]> 2021-02-03 18:01:41 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1160191613 yzapata23 https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1160240354 General John Pemberton’s strategy was very defensive. After seeing that Grant’s forces were tearing through his own, he decided to retreat into the town of Vicksburg and dig over 500 tunnels to escape the constant cannon bombardment. A few months later, after seeing that all East and West rescue attempts failed, he was forced to surrender and give the town to Grant and the Union.]]> 2021-02-03 18:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1160240354 yzapata23 https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1160268137 Grant drove all 29k of Pemberton’s men into hiding within the town of Vicksburg. Then, he surrounded the entire town with several miles of trenches and barricades. He merely waited for Pemberton to surrender, which he did after seeing that all rescue attempts by the South had failed miserably.]]> 2021-02-03 18:14:22 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez237/bf8pa04blg5q0i4f/wish/1160268137