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May 3, 2022

Admiral David Porter’s Reports on the Mississippi River Squadron Passing the Vicksburg Defenses April 1863

By the spring of 1863, Major General Ulysses S. Grant had made numerous attempts to position his army for an advance on Vicksburg, Mississippi. All had been failures. At the end of March, Grant...

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May 21, 2018

Admiral David Porter’s Gunboats Supported the May 22nd, 1863 Union Army Assault At Vicksburg

From the beginning of the Civil War, the Navy played a vital role in the campaigns in the Western Theatre of operations. The large rivers in the region, such as the Ohio, Tennessee, Cumberland,...

Tagged: mississippi squadron

Admiral David Porter’s Reports on the Mississippi River Squadron Passing the Vicksburg Defenses April 1863

Admiral David Porter’s Gunboats Supported the May 22nd, 1863 Union Army Assault At Vicksburg

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