Identifier: grandestcenturyi00nort (find matches)
Title: Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ... etc., etc
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Nineteenth century
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Get-tysburg campaign. Lee moved slowlyback to his old position on the Rapidan,where he and Meade held each other incheck until the following spring. Manyin the North were inclined to believethat Lees former successes had beendue to Stonewall Jacksons ability, andthat he had lost his prestige upon thedeath of that brave commander. Bntthe campaign of 1864 was to prove thecontrary. Grants Victory at Vicksburg. On the next day after the battle ofGettysburg, General Grant gained a de-cisive victory on the Mississippi. Hav-ing failed in several attempts to takeVicksburg from the North, he now de-termined to transfer his army to thesouth side of this strongly-fortified place.To do this it was necessary to cross theriver, march down its west bank, cros^again below Vicksburg, and march upthe east bank, while the fleet, whichhad run past the batteries of Vicksburgafter the capture of New Orleans, wouldhave to pass them again in order totransport the army over the river andprotect the crossing.
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88 END OF THE GREAT CIVIL WAR. This plau was carried out in April.Couimodore Porter performed his tasksuccessfully under a heavy fire, and onthe 29tli of April opened a cannonadeupon Grand Gulf, at the mouth of theBig Black River, where it had been de-termined to attempt a crossing. TheConfederate batteries here proving toostrong, the fleet ran past them also, andthe crossing was made at Bruinsburg, afew miles below. Grant now pushedrapidly forward. The Confederates werebeaten at Port Gibson, and compelledto evacuate Grand Gulf. McPhersonand Sherman captured Jackson, the cap-ital of Mississippi, and a place of greatmilitary importance, on account of itsrailway connections. Surrenders After Long Siege. The Union army then turned, fellupon the Confederate general, Pember-ton, who haa marched out of Vicks-burg to unite with Johnston, defeatedhim at Champion Hills May i6th, andat the crossing of the Black River May17th, and at last shut him up in Vicks-6urg. After a siege of forty-five da

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