William T. Sherman shares his plan to clear the Confederates from Mississippi and its connecting waterways with his close friend Ulysses S. Grant.
Category: Mississippi
From William Nugent, 28th Mississippi Cavalry
Letter from Capt. William G. Nugent of the 28th Mississippi Cavalry to his wife.
Post-Vicksburg: Grant’s Army Reduced
Ulysses S. Grant’s Federal army is reduced following the capture of Vicksburg, despite Grant’s urgings that the next target should be Mobile.
The Second Fall of Jackson
Joseph E. Johnston’s Confederates abandon Jackson and central Mississippi as William T. Sherman’s superior Federal numbers close in on them.
The Fall of Vicksburg: Aftermath
Federal occupation forces complete the parole process at Vicksburg, establish medical relief, and regulate slave relations as news of the city’s capture reaches Washington.
The Jackson Campaign
William T. Sherman’s Federals approach the Mississippi capital of Jackson to confront General Joseph E. Johnston’s Confederate “Army of Relief.”