giotto22
Grant captured the Mississippi capital of Jackson in the early part of the Vicksburg campaign, forcing Confederate troops under Pemberton to withdraw.
Battle of Vicksburg
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gwynraven
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A Northerner by birth, Pemberton refused to retreat from Vicksburg. He feared public ridicule.