Ulysses S. Grant: The Battle of Vicksburg

As being a victorious general for the Union, Ulysses S. Grant leads his Union troops to Vicksburg, Mississippi to capture the Mississippi River, and take control of the west to win over the power of the Confederates and have a higher advantage in the Civil War.

The battle all started on May 18,1863, General Grant decided to make his attack on Vicksburg. When making the attack on the Confederates, the 70,000 Union troops and Grant realized that Confederate troops and their general, John Pemberton, were holding stronger than other battles because of the 30,000 regiments that were siding with the Confederates. Ulysses S. Grant decided not to fall back and wimp out on the battle because of it. Grant and his Union troops settled themselves around

Vicksburg, holding the Confederates into the city trapping them. Grant held his ground around the city for a six-week siege cutting supplies and food off from the Confederates. Shooting at the Confederates was an ideal acception for the Union and Grant to keep the Confederates from escaping and fleeing out of the city. They also had gunships on a river by Vicksburg supporting the Union troops and Grant, shooting thousands of shells into the city.
Finally on the forty-fourth day, the Confederates couldn’t take getting dominated around the clock. General Pemberton then surrendered to General Grant. The battle ended on July 4, 1863, and was a clear, and obvious win for Grant and the Union. Grant really wished that he could have celebrated the Fourth of July dining in Vicksburg, but the surrender prevented Ulysses S. Grant’s wish from happening.
The resolution of the battle is that Grant and the Union’s reputation went from low to high after realizing that they had beat the Confederates, having them suffer a major blow. Grant also gained control of the major river city Vicksburg. Also, when this battle ended, Robert E. Lee also retreated from Gettysburg when General Meade and the Union defeated them.
As Vicksburg being one of Ulysses S. Grant’s major successful battles, he also had many other successful victories. The Battle of Shiloh was one of Grant’s other major battles in his career as being a general for the Union. The battle started when the Union camped out at the Pittsburgh Landing waiting for the Confederate soldiers. Grant was sitting with his 42,000 soldiers on the landing waiting to make the attack, but the Union were caught by surprise by the Confederates. The battle was fought from there. The battle overall could’ve been called for either side in the end.

Also, The Battle of Belmont was another one of Grant’s major successes. This was actually Grant’s first battle as a general for the Union. Ulysses S. Grant made a raid on a Confederate camp in Mississippi County, Missouri, but he failed to win right of the bat because of a counterattack made by the Confederates. The people described the battle as a “,fighting retreat,” by the Union forces.
Although these battles weren’t as recognized as The Battle of Vicksburg for Grant, they still made an impact to the Civil War and to Ulysses S. Grant’s life of being a Union general. They made Grant’s reputation as a Union general lift higher and higher as many victories went by.
Ulysses S.Grant also had many other accomplishments, and recognition in his life before being a general for the Union in the Civil War.

Grant who came from Point Pleasant, Ohio on April 27, 1822, came from a family who had their own tanning and leather business. He then grew up becoming a tanner in his family’s business. Later, he became a farmer and tried to be successful in the real estate business, but both were unsuccessful as that being the outcome. From becoming a farmer and part of a leather business, he was heard of being a great horseman. When Ulysses got older, he then decided to go to school at the U.S. Military Academy. At the academy, he wasn’t really favoring the life of being a cadet there at all, but he was a very brilliant soldier in the military. He was then commissioned as the Colonel of the 21st Illinois Volunteers. As time went by, Grant put his brilliant soldier skills to the test. He was put as the second lieutenant for the Mexican-American War. After the victory of the war, he tried to pursue his dream of making a business. He failed to build his dream, and then was asked to be in the Civil War for the Union. As being much against slavery and the Confederate's attitudes, he finally stepped in and became a general for the Union pursuing his greatest accomplishment of becoming an outstanding and phenomenal

soldier.
Grant’s major accomplishments in life, and his early battles, led up to the victory of The Battle Vicksburg and many more for himself and his Union soldiers. The Battle of Vicksburg impacted the Union a lot giving them high hopes to win the Civil War and defeat the Confederates.