Scanned by:
John Osborne, Dickinson College
Scan date:
01/03/2013
Notes:
Sized, cropped, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, January 8, 2013
Depicted content:
- The Army of the Tennessee secures its beachhead across the Mississippi at the Battle of Port Gibson
- At the Big Black River Bridge, Union troops sweep aside a blocking force covering the Confederate retreat to Vicksburg
- On the Mississippi, the Union's Army of the Tennessee completely surrounds Vicksburg
- After twice failing to storm the city, Union General Grant orders a siege at Vicksburg, Mississippi
Image type:
map
Courtesy of:
United States Military Academy
Original caption:
Lower Mississippi River Valley and Vicinity .. Vicksburg Campaign .. The Crossing of the River, and the Advance to Jackson, 29 April-14 May, 1863
Source citation:
Gerald P. Stadler and Arthur V. Grant, Jr., Campaign Atlas of the American Civil War(West Point, NY: United States Military Academy, 1978), 20.
Source note:
Cartographers: Edward J. Krasnoborski and George W. Giddings
For a table outlining campaign and battle symbols used on this map, see here. (Will open in a new window)