VICKSBURG: The 21-Day Blitz That Sliced the Confederacy in Two #shorts #reels #military

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-20

[00:00:00]May 18th, 1863. This was the boldest gamble of the Civil War. Union General Ulysses S. Grant faced an impossible target, Vicksburg, the Confederate fortress controlling the Mississippi River. For months, Grant failed to take it, so he did the unthinkable. Under total darkness, Union gunboats ran past Vicksburg's massive cannons, while Grant crossed the Mississippi and cut himself off from his own supply lines. It was a huge risk. Even General William Tecumseh Sherman warned the plan could end in disaster. Then Grant struck fast. In just 3 weeks, his army marched 180 miles, won five straight battles, captured thousands of prisoners, and trapped Confederate General John C.

[00:00:42]Pemberton inside Vicksburg. On July 4th, the city surrendered.

[00:00:47]The Confederacy was split in two, and the war changed forever.