Pemberton: Defender of Vicksburg

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UNC Press Books, May 1, 2002 - History - 366 pages
This is the first biography of the "Defender of Vicksburg," General John C. Pemberton. A Philadelphia native, Pemberton resigned from the United States Army in 1861 to fight on the side of the South, influenced by his Virginia-born wife and by his years o

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Contents

Historical Position
3
Family and Early Life
7
Mexico and the Frontier
13
Why Pemberton Went South
20
Richmond and Charleston
25
Background of the Vicksburg Campaign
39
Grants First Attempt to Capture Vicksburg
59
Grants Second Failure
73
Battle of Bakers Creek or Champions Hill
144
Battle of Big Black River and Retirement to Vicksburg
166
The Siege
178
The Surrender
225
Aftermath of Surrender
241
The Vicksburg Campaign in Review
250
New Duties
258
The Last Years
267

Grant Tries Again
85
Could Grants Crossing Have Been Prevented
109
Across the River Port Gibson
117
After Port Gibson
125
The Battle of Raymond the Fall of Jackson
137
Appendix A
281
Appendix B
289
Notes
321
INDEX
335
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About the author (2002)

John C. Pemberton was an attorney in New York.

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