Tag Archives: Parker Hills

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

Posted on December 24, 2020 by Chris Mackowski

Part two of two With an escort of twenty cavalrymen, Ulysses S. Grant rode on the evening of May 3, 1863, into the newly captured town Grand Gulf, Mississippi. He passed the now-abandoned Confederate forts, Cobun and Wade, and made … Continue reading →

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Scenes from Vicksburg (postscript)

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

part of a series After my two and a half days in Vicksburg, I’m safely ensconced back home in the heart of the Eastern Theater of the Civil War. But wow, what a time I had. I had a few … Continue reading →

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Scenes from Vicksburg, Day 3 (part one)

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

part of a series I’ve been in Vicksburg for the American Battlefield Trust and Emerging Civil War to commemorate the 155th anniversary of the Vicksburg campaign. We actually started Thursday’s adventures with a holdover from Wednesday: a Facebook LIVE shoot … Continue reading →

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Scenes from Vicksburg, Day 2 (part four)

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

part of a series We capped off the day with a visit to Champion Hill on the 155th anniversary of the battle. As a historian, it’s always a special treat for me to walk a battlefield on the anniversary of … Continue reading →

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Scenes from Vicksburg, Day 2 (part three)

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

part of a series We followed the route of Grant’s supply train from the Mississippi up toward the modern Raymond battlefield. One of the myth’s of the campaign is that Grant lived off the land, a la Sherman’s later March … 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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Facebook LIVE from Vicksburg, Today through Thursday!

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Emerging Civil War

We’re hitting Facebook LIVE again this week, this time from the banks of the Father of All Rivers. Yep—ECW is heading to Vicksburg, Mississippi, to broadcast live! Emerging Civil War is pleased to once again partner with the American Battlefield … Continue reading →

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