General Grant, An Estimate
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On the 30th of January, 1863, Grant having left Memphis, took the command at Young's Point in Louisiana, on the western bank of Mississippi, not far above Vicksburg, bent on solving the problem.
It was a wet country and a wet winter, with high water in the Mississippi and its tributaries.
The troops encamped on the river bank had, in order to be out of the water, to occupy the levees, or dykes, along the river edge, and the General Grant. 37 ground immediately behind. This gave so limited a spa...ce, that one corps of Grant's army, when he assumed the command at Young's Point, was at Lake Providence, seventy miles above Vicksburg. The troops suffered much from malarial fevers and other sickness, but the hospital arrangements were excellent.
Four ineffectual attempts were in the course of the winter made to get at the object of attack by various routes. Grant, meanwhile, was maturing his plan. His plan was to traverse the peninsula where he lay encamped, then to cross the Mississippi, and thus to be able to attack Vicksburg from the south and east.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
On the 30th of January, 1863, Grant having left Memphis, took the command at Young's Point in Louisiana, on the western bank of Mississippi, not far above Vicksburg, bent on solving the problem.
It was a wet country and a wet winter, with high water in the Mississippi and its tributaries.
The troops encamped on the river bank had, in order to be out of the water, to occupy the levees, or dykes, along the river edge, and the General Grant. 37 ground immediately behind. This gave so limited a spa...ce, that one corps of Grant's army, when he assumed the command at Young's Point, was at Lake Providence, seventy miles above Vicksburg. The troops suffered much from malarial fevers and other sickness, but the hospital arrangements were excellent.
Four ineffectual attempts were in the course of the winter made to get at the object of attack by various routes. Grant, meanwhile, was maturing his plan. His plan was to traverse the peninsula where he lay encamped, then to cross the Mississippi, and thus to be able to attack Vicksburg from the south and east.
What to read after General Grant, An Estimate?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888 to read onlineMoreLess
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