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He employed a strategy known as a "siege" to capture the city of Vicksburg.
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Who was General Grants strategy for crushing the Confederacy after the battle of Getty burg?
Total War
What statement best describes general grants overall military strategy?
win at all costs
What best describes general grants overall military strategy?
win at all costs
Why was grants wilderness campaign successful despite the high casualty toll?
The Wilderness was a battle, not a campaign. It was the first battle of the Overland Campaign (May 1864). Lee had won this battle, but Grant did not retreat. He hung on Lee's flank and eventually crowded him into a corner.
What advantages did grants army have over Lee's army?
He was determination to do what he had to do
How did the citizens of Vicksburg resist grants attack?
The citizens resisted Grants attack by keeping him out of Vicksburg. What ends up happening is Grants forces stop food from going into Vicksburg forcing Vicksburg to surrender.
Why was Grants victory at Vicksburg was important?
Victory at Vicksburg secured control of the Mississippi Valley for the Union.
After a six week siege what city surrendered to grants army during the civil war?
It took Grants army six weeks to capture the city of Vicksburg.
Why is grants pass called grants pass?
It was named in honor of General Ulysses S. Grant's victory at Vicksburg
What is grants victory th at sealed the fate of Vicksburg in 1863?
The Battle of Champion's Hill
What happend after grants victory at Vicksburg?
It was the end of the war in the West, and Grant was able to go to the aid of the Army of the Cumberland in Chattanooga.
Who was General Grants strategy for crushing the Confederacy after the battle of Getty burg?
Total War
How did grants siege of Vicksburg lead to the surrender of the confederate troops?
Grant starved them out for forty days and pounded them with artillery until they surrendered.
How did grants siege of Vicksburg lead to the surrender of confederate troops?
Grant starved them out for forty days and pounded them with artillery until they surrendered.
What statement best describes general grants overall military strategy?
win at all costs
Where is general grants portion of federal army this July 1863?
General Grant was in the Western Theatre of the war, laying siege to the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
What best describes general grants overall military strategy?
win at all costs
