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Episodes tagged "Union": 1 through 3 of 3

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  1. Henry Nields’ Heroism at the Battle of Mobile Bay
    date August, 1864 to 1864map MOBILE, Alabamatags Navy, Union, Victory

    In early August, 1864, a Union Naval fleet, under the control of Rear Admiral David Farragut commanding the flagship U.S.S. Hartford, neared Mobile Bay, Alabama.  The goal was to take over the strategic location which consisted of three confederate forts and a plethora of underwater mines.  The two main forts were Forts Morgan and Gaines aided by a few Confederate ships mainly the C.S.S. Tennessee...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...