Word: granted
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...occupied the surrounding heights across the river. These were Missionary Ridge, Orchard Knob, and Lookout Mountain. So close upon the town did he press that communication with nashville was about cut off and semi-starvation troubled the troops in the beleagured town. Better times, however, were close at hand. Grant...
...article in question. The article which we consider such an important contribution to the literature of the subject has the seemingly innocent title "jottings from the journal of an A. B." But instead of this article being a sort of second edition of the lucubration's of Mr. Robert Grant's "Frivolous Girl," it is in reality a plaintive wail sent forth into the world by an almost despairing alumna-we suppose we must call her-of the Poughkeepsie institution of learning...
Several months had been passed in these fruitless efforts. Grant was now no nearer the city which was as safe as ever. It was almost the end of April. Something must be done. A new and, as it proved, successful plan was devised. To harass and occupy the attention of the enemy a cavalry raid to the east and rear of the city was carried out successfully by Colonel Ryerson, while Sherman and his corps watched the works just above Vicksburg. Grant moved the rest of his army to the west side of the river and making a wide circuit...
...Grant was now where he had long desired to be. Pemberton was cooped in the stronghold while Johnston was away on the outside. Desperate assaults on the city failed and the army settled down to a prolonged siege. This lasted over a month. Reinforcements came to Grant and he was thus enabled to hold off Johnston while he pressed the siege with vigor...
...July 1st, Pemberton found that his army, which was almost starving, was upon the point of mutiny. He determined to surrender. On the third, the day when Lee's last charge on the Gettysburg heights had failed, Pemberton made terms with Grant. On the next day an army of 30,000 men and the long coveted prize, Vicksburg, fell into the hands of Grant. Johnston was also driven away by Sherman. Four days later, Port Hudson, lower down the river, surrendered to General Banks. The Mississippi was then open from source to mouth, and the Confederacy...