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WARREN, Mississippi in the 1860s: 1 through 9 of 9

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  1. Porter Under the Guns of Vicksburg
    date April 16, 1863map WARREN, Mississippitags War

    By mid-1863 the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi was the final Confederate bastion on the Mississippi River, making it all that stood between General Ulysses S. Grant and the East/West division of the Confederacy itself, a goal stipulated in the Anaconda Plan. Since its capture would mean a major strategic victory for the North, the city held immense symbolic, as well as strategic, importance to both...

  2. Infantry in the Failed May Attacks on Vicksburg
    date May 22, 1863 to May 23, 1863map WARREN, Mississippitags Fifty-fifth Illinois, William C. Porter, Union, Vicksburg, Civil War

    While the city of Vicksburg eventually fell to Union forces on July 4, 1863, giving the Union control of the Mississippi River, several failed assaults occurred prior to the successful siege.  Two of the assaults took place on May 19 and 22, and Vicksburg’s defenses held against the Union infantry and artillery forces on both these occasions.  Infantry forces in the Civil War often engaged in the...

  3. Waul's Texas Legion in the Battle of Vicksburg
    date May 12, 1863 to July 4, 1863map WARREN, Mississippitags Vicksburg, Civil War, Waul's Texas Legion, May 22, 1863, Colonel T.N. Waul

    The morning officially began at 10:00 AM as the war-weary men of Waul’s Texas Legion lined up shoulder to gray-clad shoulder in Vicksburg, Mississippi; the perfect time for brunch.  But it would forever remain in the minds of the Confederates as the beginning of a fight for their everything-- land, honor, freedom, liberty, property—at the one site most important to hold for any chance of Confederate...

  4. 19th Arkansas Infantry in the Battle of Vicksburg
    date May 18, 1863 to July 4, 1863map WARREN, Mississippitags Civil War, Vicksburg, Colonel Thomas P. Dockery, 19th Arkansas Infantry

    The colonel paused briefly before moving his troops into line to make eye contact with his superior and friend Brig. General Martin Green. Colonel Thomas P. Dockery grew up in a rich railroad dynasty family so he understood the importance the coming battle had to the protection of supply lines, specifically those running through the Mississippi River. Commanding an outstanding infantry of the Second...

  5. Entitled Confederate Artillery in Defense of the Mississippi River along Vicksburg.
    date May 18, 1863 to July 4, 1863map WARREN, Mississippitags Artillery, Vicksburg, Civil War

    A citizen of Vicksburg observed that during the siege "nothing was spared by the shells; the churchs fared especially severly, and the reverend clergy had narrow escapes." This was brought upon by Ulysses S. Grant, who had taken control of the entire Mississippi River save the couple miles being guarded by the Confederate troops at Vicksburg. Grant launched his attack on Vicksburg on May 18, 1863....

  6. Entitled 31st Alabama Infantry’s Stand at the Railroad Redoubt in Vicksburg.
    date May 18, 1863 to July 4, 1863map WARREN, Mississippitags Civil War, Vicksburg

    “It was a tornado of iron on our left, a hurricane of shot on our right…we passed through the mouth of hell.” These are the words of a Union soldier who was part of the 21st Iowa Infantry Regiment that led the federal assault on Confederate fortifications along the Southern Mississippi Railroad in Vicksburg. Major George W. Mathieson, commander of the 31st Alabama Infantry, unleashed this “hell”...

  7. Battle of Vicksburg
    date May 18, 1863 to July 4, 1863map WARREN, Mississippitags War

    Rather than an imminent clash, this battle was a protracted siege occurring of over the better part of two months. Half of the confederate army had been killed in previous battles, but a Union general reported that between fifteen thousand and twenty thousand Confederates remained holed up in Vicksburg. Each day the Confederate force grew weaker as they were plagued by disease and starvation. Continued...

  8. Union Battery in the Campaign for Vicksburg
    date May 2, 1863 to July 27, 1863map WARREN, Mississippitags Second Iowa Battery, Joseph R. Reed, Union, Vicksburg, Civil War

    The Union Army achieved a decisive victory in the battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi, with the city surrendering to General Ulysses Grant on July 4, 1863.  The battery divisions effectively utilized the large guns and cannons of the army, which were crucial to the Union victory at Vicksburg.  First Lieutenant Joseph R. Reed of the Second Iowa Battery in the Union Army belonged to one of these battery...

  9. The Surrender of Vicksburg
    date July 4, 1863map WARREN, Mississippitags War

    After the Federal siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi during the Civil War that lasted from May 18, 1863 to July 4, 1863, the Confederates surrendered Vicksburg. It was the climax to the Vicksburg Campaign which was the Federals' attempt to relinquish the stronghold of the Mississippi River that the Confederates held through Vicksburg. Instead of attacking from the river, the Union chose to attack from...