Today's installment concludes Fall of Vicksburg,our selection from A Campaign Life of U. S. Grant by Charles A. Dana and by James H. Wilson

It had now become apparent that the Confederates could not be dislodged except by a siege or starvation.Continuing Fall of Vicksburg,our selection

Within 18 days Grant had won five battles; taken 40 field-guns, many colors and small arms, and nearly 5000 prisoners; killed or wounded 5200 of the

A short time afterward Grant rode rapidly to the front himself, arriving on the field about ten o'clock.Continuing Fall of Vicksburg,our selection