VICKSBURG (Part the Tenth)

In which we turn our attention back to Ulysses S. Grant, who makes the fateful decision to march his army down the west side of the Mississippi River and then cross over to the east bank below the Confederate strongpoint of Vicksburg.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Real Horse Soldiers: Benjamin Grierson’s Epic 1863 Civil War Raid Through Mississippi” by Timothy B. Smith.

Listen to Episode 286: VicksburgPartTenth