. The lives and campaigns of Grant and Lee. A comparison and contrast of the deeds and characters of the two great leaders in the civil war . any advantages that shouldpresent themselves. The plan was perfect from a mili-tary point of view. At the same time. Grant wholly cut hiscommunications with Grand Gulf, and began to live entirelyoff the country. Jackson, the State Capital, is situated on the west side ofPearl river, and in a hilly region. Extensive fortificationshad been thrown up, extending in a semi-circle, at a distanceof about two miles from the city, from the river on the north THE
. The lives and campaigns of Grant and Lee. A comparison and contrast of the deeds and characters of the two great leaders in the civil war . any advantages that shouldpresent themselves. The plan was perfect from a mili-tary point of view. At the same time. Grant wholly cut hiscommunications with Grand Gulf, and began to live entirelyoff the country. Jackson, the State Capital, is situated on the west side ofPearl river, and in a hilly region. Extensive fortificationshad been thrown up, extending in a semi-circle, at a distanceof about two miles from the city, from the river on the north THE ADVANXE ON JACKSON. 187 around westward to the river on the south. A second line,nearer the city, had also been erected. The position wasnot naturally of great strength, but it was capable of defencewith a sufficient garrison. Eleven thousand troops occupiedthe place, under command of General Joseph E. Johnston,who had very lately been transferred from the east to chiefcommand in the Mississippi Valley. Being new in the com-mand, and being surprised at the rapid and unexpectedmovements of his foe, he was not prepared for a stout tA\,.^. \
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