. A bird's-eye view of our Civil War . ing that field of most importanceI to the fortunes of the Confederacy; and Van Dorn, withhis cavalry, had likewise joined Bragg. Having fruitlessly attempted all methods of approach toVicksburg from the north and west. Grant now deter-i mined to place his army below the fortress and to turnPembertons left. His position was a trying one. The ficklej public was all but ready to tire of him also, as it had onI less pretext of so many of his brother soldiers. Since Don-elson, he had fought only the battle of Shiloh, — a mostI questionable triumph. luka and Co
. A bird's-eye view of our Civil War . ing that field of most importanceI to the fortunes of the Confederacy; and Van Dorn, withhis cavalry, had likewise joined Bragg. Having fruitlessly attempted all methods of approach toVicksburg from the north and west. Grant now deter-i mined to place his army below the fortress and to turnPembertons left. His position was a trying one. The ficklej public was all but ready to tire of him also, as it had onI less pretext of so many of his brother soldiers. Since Don-elson, he had fought only the battle of Shiloh, — a mostI questionable triumph. luka and Corinth had been quitei forgotten, or such credit as a minor victory yields had beenascribed to Rosecrans. For a year Grant had been floun-dering about with no substantial success to show. Some-thing was demanded of him. Grant must look the matter squarely in the face. Assault 145 146 BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF OUR CIVIL WAR. [1863. promised ill-success from any point, while involving thecertainty of heavy losses. To go back and try the really. most feasible route, along the Mobile and Ohio Railroad,seemed like failure acknowledged, and would therefore be 1863.] GRANT TURNS PEMBERTONS LEFT. 147 - politically ruinous, though strategically sound. To turnPembertons left was a desperate undertaking. Its onlymerit lay in that it showed no sign of turning back, for,while to do the unexpected is a sound maxim of war, thisplan in no sense partook of the nature of a surprise. Sup-plies must come by a most circuitous route, liable to fatalinterruption, and the fleet must run the Vicksburg was difficult. But with his usual disregard of obsta-I cles Grant adopted the latter plan. He could face a difficultproblem rather than a simple one. His courage grew with opposition. He could assume any risk. In this case it provedI a virtue ; but not so a year later, in Virginia. This typej of courage often lacks the tempering element of Part of Shermans corps was sent up the river t
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