December 29, 1862 – Major General William T. Sherman launched a costly attack on fortified Confederate defenses northeast of Vicksburg. Sherman’s Federals had advanced downriver
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Vicksburg: The Chickasaw Bayou Campaign
December 28, 1862 – Confederate forces hurried to defend Chickasaw Bluffs as Federal troops under Major General William T. Sherman struggled to reach them. On
The Holly Springs Raid
December 20, 1862 – Major General Earl Van Dorn led a Confederate cavalry raid that temporarily stopped Major General Ulysses S. Grant’s Federal drive on
Vicksburg: Grant’s Two-Pronged Advance
December 18, 1862 – Confederate forces prepared to defend against Major General Ulysses S. Grant’s advance on Vicksburg from both water and land. The Confederate
The Jewish Exclusion Order
December 17, 1862 – Major General Ulysses S. Grant issued a highly controversial order from his headquarters at Holly Springs, Mississippi. Commanders in Grant’s Department
Forrest Raids Western Tennessee
December 10, 1862 – Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest received orders to wreak havoc on Major General Ulysses S. Grant’s Federal supply lines in western