. The Civil War and the Constitution, 1859-1865 . Campaign Against. cksburg, 1863. VIOKSBURQ AND PORT HUDSON 149 some ten miles inward from the point of his crossing, onBayou Pierre, from which he could take Grand Gulf inthe rear, advance on Jackson, and then take The cap-Vicksburg in the rear. The Confederate {^g^? i*ndcommander at Port Gibson undertook to de- ^^^^^ ^^fend the place against the Federals. He had nearly eightthousand men under his direction, but the Federal forcesent by Grant against him was too strong, and he wascompelled to evacuate his works on May 1st and to retreattoward G

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. The Civil War and the Constitution, 1859-1865 . Campaign Against. cksburg, 1863. VIOKSBURQ AND PORT HUDSON 149 some ten miles inward from the point of his crossing, onBayou Pierre, from which he could take Grand Gulf inthe rear, advance on Jackson, and then take The cap-Vicksburg in the rear. The Confederate {^g^? i*ndcommander at Port Gibson undertook to de- ^^^^^ ^^fend the place against the Federals. He had nearly eightthousand men under his direction, but the Federal forcesent by Grant against him was too strong, and he wascompelled to evacuate his works on May 1st and to retreattoward Grand Gulf. Grand Gulf was, however, in con-sequence of the occupation of Port Gibson by the Fed-erals, immediately evacuated, and the Confederatesturned the heads of their columns in the direction ofVicksburg. Grant now sent McPherson toward the crossings ofthe Big Black River in order to cut off the retreat of theConfederates upon Vicksburg. McPherson Retreat ofsucceeded in forcing his way across the north ^^^^ ^°towdbranch of Bayou Pierre in the face of Genera

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