. 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 . or gunboats from the river to elevatetheir guns so as to harm the city, on account of its heightabove the stream; it was equally hard to erect effective bat-teries on the land side, because of protecting hills. AtHaines Bluff, north of the city, and along the Yazoo, theengineers had erected batteries, whose plunging fire coulddemolish any craft that should attempt to ascend that river,and the stream had been obstructed. From this point anextensive line o
. 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 . or gunboats from the river to elevatetheir guns so as to harm the city, on account of its heightabove the stream; it was equally hard to erect effective bat-teries on the land side, because of protecting hills. AtHaines Bluff, north of the city, and along the Yazoo, theengineers had erected batteries, whose plunging fire coulddemolish any craft that should attempt to ascend that river,and the stream had been obstructed. From this point anextensive line of works inclosed the city — trenches, lunettes,forts, and various batteries —to the Mississippi, severalmiles below; and these were placed on the brows of deepgullies and ravines in most commanding situations. Therewere batteries along the shore, also, whose great gunsthreatened destruction to any craft that should attempt topass. A garrison of several thousand men held the works,and it was Pembertons duty to fall back to the citys supportwhenever necessary. Railroads connected it with Jackson, VICKSBURG CONSIDERED IMPREGNABLE. 155. MAJOR-GENERAL HENRV W. HALLECK. the State Capital, and other points in the interior. Suchwas Vicksburg, which the South boasted could not be takenIn pursuance of the plan approved by Halleck, and withthe meao-er forces under his command, Grant prepared theexpedition against Vicksburg. He himself marched uponHolly Springs and La Grange (2nd Nov. 62), to 156 THE LIVES AND CAMPAIGNS OF GRANT AND LEE. attack Pemberton, who held his army in a strong positionon the Tallahatchie river, and Sherman, after much unavoid-able delay, placed his troops on transports and descendedthe Mississippi to the mouth of the Yazoo. By a sudden flank movement the Federal commanderforced the enemy from his position and compelled him toretreat. Grant pursued as far as Oxford. Pembertonwould not accept battle, preferring to remain on the defen-sive, and knowing th
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