...northeast." It was a grave order. It commanded the surrender of valuable stores and munitions of war ; the surrender of the Mississippi river ; and the severance of the Confederacy. But Johnston had presented to his mind a given alternative: that of the loss of Vicksburg, and that...

...orders of his superior. He saw clearly what the evacuation meant. "The evacuation ofVicksburg means the loss of the valuable stores and munitions of war collected for its defense ; ma reluctance to the fall of Port Hudson ; the surrender of the .,,, ., ™>urg. Mississippi River....

...been defeated. Lieutenant-General Pemberton comments thus on my order to him to evacuate Vicksburg : " The evacuation of Vicksburg ! It meant the loss of...Mississippi River, and the severance of the Confederacy." ' Before the 18th of May, when General Pemberton received the order referred to — indeed, before...

...been defeated. Lieutenant-General Pemberton comments thus on my order to him to evacuate Vicksburg : " The evacuation of Vicksburg ! It meant the loss of...Mississippi River, and the severance of the Confederacy." ' Before the 18th of May, when General Pemberton received the order referred to — indeed, before...

...been defeated. Lieutenant-General Pemberton comments thus on my order to him to evacuate Vicksburg : " The evacuation of Vicksburg ! It meant the loss of...Mississippi River, and the severance of the Confederacy." * Before the 18th of May, when General Pemberton received the order referred to- — indeed, before...

...received by Pemberton at noon of the 18th. On reading it he was fairly aghast. He says in his report : " The evacuation of Vicksburg ! It meant the loss of...valuable stores and munitions of war collected for its defence, the fall of Port Hudson, the surrender of the Mississippi River, and the severance of the...

...and its dependencies, and march to the northeast." Pemberton, in his report, remarks : "This meant the fall of Port Hudson, the surrender of the Mississippi River, and the severance of the Confederacy." He recurs to a former correspondence with myself in which he had suggested the possibility of the investment...

...and its dependencies, and inarch to the northeast." Pemberton, in his report, remarks : "This meant the fall of Port Hudson, the surrender of the Mississippi River, and the severance of the Confederacy." He recurs to a former correspondence with myself in which he had suggested the possibility of the investment...

...and its dependencies, and march to the northeast." Pemberton, in his report, remarks : "This meant the fall of Port Hudson, the surrender of the Mississippi River, and the severance of the Confederacy." He recurs to a former correspondence with myself in which he had suggested the possibility of the investment...

...en$ mv was reported to be advancing by the Jackson road. But of the propriety of this order he says: The evacuation of Vicksburg! It meant the loss of...Mississippi River, and the severance of the Confederacy. POLLARD says that PEMBERTON had confidential instructions from President DAVIS, upon which he disobeyed...