Preview #1 - The Vicksburg Campaign

Preview of an animated map covering the Vicksburg campaign in the spring and summer of 1863.

[@MikeConway-e3b]

Excited about upcoming series!! Your work is outstanding!

[@iandimka4049]

Excited to see you expanding the scope of your videos, and absolutely fantastic work! Looking forward to seeing more of these. If you're going to move on to different battles, you should change the channel’s name to something more generic like "CivilWarMinuteByMinute" or something like that, and create playlists for each battle to better organize them all!

[@gettysburgminutebyminute8607]

Wow. Sounds good - thanks! I was puzzling how to handle this and you have a quick/easy fix.

[@chasechristophermurraydola9314]

I totally can’t wait for it and just saying but another interesting thing about the Vicksburg campaign is that the main confederate general Pemberton was actually from the north.

[@comstr]

How did Grant supply his army after he crossed the Mississippi before he got the supply line from the river to the north? It seems like taking Jackson and cutting the railway line was just as important as the river. Why does it seem to be an afterthought? Did the Confederates take Jackson back? Why did Johnson not come south again after Grant got to Vicksburg? Wonderful series, I very much like it.

[@gettysburgminutebyminute8607]

Yes, very interesting question! I think the answer is documented, but you'll have to wait for the final version of my map! (The short, secret answer is I think he never fully dropped the supply line back to Bruinsburg. Then later, other alts developed.)

[@comstr]

@@gettysburgminutebyminute8607The follow up question is, why did the Rebel's then not cut his supply line line they did the first time with the depot up north?

[@gettysburgminutebyminute8607]

Love the question. I have no answer.

[@gettysburgminutebyminute8607]

My memory from reading Grabau...1st there was a line from Bruinsburg, then there was a line from Grand Gulf, and at some point he asked that troops forage for food, and the supply line only be used for critical cargo like ammo and other items. He was a former regimental quartermaster!

[@gettysburgminutebyminute8607]

Great question. I have no idea, but I think Grabau covers this in his book. Logistics is a very interesting issue in the V campaign and I hope to get into it in future videos.@@comstr