John C. Pemberton
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John Clifford Pemberton was an American military officer who served in the United States Army during the Seminole Wars and the Mexican–American War. He resigned his commission and served as a lieutena
John C. Pemberton
Pemberton as Commander of the Army of Vicksburg
Pemberton's statue at Vicksburg National Military Park
Pemberton in later life
Vicksburg campaign
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The Vicksburg campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War directed against Vicksburg, Mississippi, a fortress city that dominated the last Confedera
John C. Pemberton
…Mississippi." Pemberton faced his former Mexican War colleague, the aggressive U.S. Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and over 70,000 U.S. soldiers in the Vicksburg Campaign. In an attempt to carry out his orders from both Davis and Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, Pemberton and his Army of Mississippi set out east to combine with…
Lithograph of the Mississippi River Squadron running the Confederate blockade at Vicksburg on April 16, 1863
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA
Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton, CSA
View of Vicksburg vicinity and fortifications, 1863