Ransom, Thomas Edwin Greenfield

Life Span
to
Full name
Thomas Edwin Greenfield Ransom
Place of Birth
Norwich, VT
Burial Place
Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
0
No. of Children
0
Family
Colonel Truman B. Ransom (father) 
Education
Other
Other Education
Norwich University (VT)
Occupation
Military
Other
Other Occupation
Civil Engineer
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Military
Union Army
Date Event
On the Mississippi, the Union's Army of the Tennessee completely surrounds Vicksburg
The Union's Army of the Tennessee attempts the storming of Vicksburg but is beaten back
Second Union attempt to take Vicksburg by infantry assault ends in bloody failure with 500 dead
After twice failing to storm the city, Union General Grant orders a siege at Vicksburg, Mississippi
- In Mississippi, the Siege of Vicksburg continues
Union troops occupy Natchez, Mississippi, further ensuring the opening of the Mississippi River
- Union forces break the last Confederate efforts to defend Atlanta at the Battle of Jonesborough
Vicksburg Campaign
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