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“You can do a great deal in eight days”: Ulysses S. Grant’s Forgotten Turning Point (part one)

Posted on December 23, 2020 by Chris Mackowski

Part one of two Ulysses S. Grant had envisioned his arrival in Grand Gulf, Mississippi, under other circumstances. A week earlier, he had targeted the landing as the ideal spot to cross his army from the west bank of the … Continue reading →

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Scenes from Vicksburg, Day 2 (part one)

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

part of a series On Wednesday, we started off our Facebook LIVE events at Bruinsburg, the site where Ulysses S. Grant landed his army on the east bank of the Mississippi April 30-May 1, 1863, to kick off his overland … Continue reading →

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