. Grant and his campaigns: a military biography . :• HE * fttUflt ljt-| - «n i i SlEGEorVlCKSBURI kliqrarcd for Grant mid His Ca/iifxupns. Union WorksRebel. VICKSBURG: BATTLES, ASSAULTS, AND SIEGE. I77 behind—were nothing : it was that a new route of supplieshad been opened! Since leaving Grand Gulf, our troops hadbeen living upon the country ; now they could get full sup-plies from Memphis : while the rebels, according to Pember-ton, had but sixty days rations upon which to sustain the Johnston bears another testimony to the value ofthis capture. On the 17th of May, he wrote to
. Grant and his campaigns: a military biography . :• HE * fttUflt ljt-| - «n i i SlEGEorVlCKSBURI kliqrarcd for Grant mid His Ca/iifxupns. Union WorksRebel. VICKSBURG: BATTLES, ASSAULTS, AND SIEGE. I77 behind—were nothing : it was that a new route of supplieshad been opened! Since leaving Grand Gulf, our troops hadbeen living upon the country ; now they could get full sup-plies from Memphis : while the rebels, according to Pember-ton, had but sixty days rations upon which to sustain the Johnston bears another testimony to the value ofthis capture. On the 17th of May, he wrote to Pemberton: If Haines Bluff be untenable, Vicksburg is of no value, andcannot be held. . If it is not too late, evacuate Vicks-burg and its dependencies, and march to the northeast. THE FIRST ASSAULT. As soon as Grants troops had come into position, he de-termined to take advantage of the demoralized and disorderedstate of the rebel army, and assault the works at once. Hisforce was not sufficient to make a complete investment; andhe was not without concern lest Johnston, largely re-enforcedfrom Bragg, should come to the succor of Pemberton; Thea
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