Grant's March Through Louisiana
March 29 - April 30, 1863
| The spring of 1863 signaled the beginning of the final
and, for the Union, the successful phase of the Vicksburg Campaign as General Grant
launched his Army of the Tennessee on a march down the west side of the Mississippi River
from Milliken's Bend to Hard Times, Louisiana. Leaving
their encampments on March 29, Union soldiers took up the line of march and slogged
southward over a muddy road. Building bridges and corduroying roads, Grant's column pushed
first to New Carthage then to Hard Times where the
infantrymen rendezvoused with the Union fleet. |
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
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Start of Grant's March through Louisiana, March 29, 1863
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Last update: Friday, November 05, 1999
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