he despises john pemberton.and so he won't really come to a pemberton said assistance at vicksburg. he doesn't think it's worth saving. part trying to sort of, you know, maybe recapture natural or something like that. he really does not care and all about mississippi. why -- sick. the gets off the train. down with his staff. it comes in. sets up shop there. and he really has no enthusiasm for doing anything but leaving. when he gets word that is coming with four divisions. johnson orders of. he needs to come out of vicksburg and can attack chairmen the rear. maybe that will defeat sherman. meanwhile, i'm going north. he packs up and heads north of jackson hit and leaves the city. and so that token force that is left behind as combat sherman a little bit. james mcpherson polls and the way for an hour. then sherman sends some people around, sort of circled around behind. get these guys off. captures of you confederate shoulders and a few artillery pieces and that's it. and then they union officers, they just march

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pemberton never had a chance. when the confederate troops fall back into the works from the interesting thing takes place. it's very different from what happens at most battles and the confederacy. that is the presence of the civilians. a great comparison to make between vicksburg, fredericksburg virginia. december of 1862. robert e. lee behind the town up in the hell. burnside across the rappahannock the town of flintridge burgers and the way, right of the metal. against a tenant tells them, get out. they listen to him. is this sense seen the of this wagon train of refugees tottering wagons, people hauling everything they can carry. their families. this town becomes empty when the battle takes place. at vicksburg they're given the same opportunity. they stay. they believed msg the soldiers, it is impregnable. look at the river. we're up on these high bluffs. nothing the navy can do about that. we have so much artillery, your toast if you try to come by these. the couple we have done that in the countryside. you k