after a six week siege, vicksburg surrendered to grant's army.
after a six week siege what city surrendered to grant's army?
vicksburg
in the western theater, simultaneous union offensives from northern mississippi and eastern louisiana resulted in the sieges of vicksburg and port hudson, both along the mississippi river. ulysses s. grant started the vicksburg campaign near the end of april when he crossed the mississippi river near bruinsburg landing, south of grand gulf. he then marched inland and captured the mississippi state capital of jackson before turning east to vicksburg; this isolated the confederate garrison from confederate supplies and reinforcements. after a six-week siege, the confederate garrison surrendered on july 4, followed by the surrender of port hudson on july 9; this resulted in the complete union control of the mississippi river and made grant a hero in the north. in central tennessee, the union army of the cumberland commanded by major general william s. rosecrans maneuvered the confederate army of tennessee, commanded by general braxton bragg, towards chattanooga, tennessee during the tullahoma campaign from late june to early july. in early september, rosecrans launched another offensive which resulted in the capture of chattanooga, an important confederate rail center; however, a few weeks later bragg, reinforced with james longstreet's corps from the army of northern virginia, attacked rosecrans near the chickamauga creek and routed much of the union army, forcing it to retreat back to chattanooga. stubborn resistance from the troops of george h. thomas prevented the confederates from launching an immediate pursuit. bragg settled his army into a siege of chattanooga, almost completely cutting off all supplies to the union army. soon, dissension and arguments began to create tension in the confederate army's high command; this resulted in longstreet being sent to eastern tennessee and a reorganization of the army in an attempt by bragg to rid the army of his critics. grant, promoted to command of the military division of the mississippi, took command of the union forces near the city, which was reinforced by the army of the tennessee and a detachment from the army of the potomac. during the three days from november 23 to the 26, grant launched a series of attacks on the confederate positions and was able to drive off bragg's army. a rear guard action by patrick cleaburne at ringgold gap halted the union pursuit long enough for bragg to reach safety. a few weeks after the battle, bragg was relieved of command by his own request.
troop engagements of the american civil war, 1863
on the first night while laying siege to a city, the leader of the mongol forces would lead from a white tent: if the city surrendered, all would be spared. on the second day, he would use a red tent: if the city surrendered, the men would all be killed, but the rest would be spared. on the third day, he would use a black tent: no quarter would be given.
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