Vicksburg: The Past and Future of Amphibious Operations
By B.A. Friedman
July 06, 2017
The Vicksburg Campaign of 1863 has long been overshadowed by the Union victory at Gettysburg. Although the twin blows against the Confederates landed on the same day, 3 July 1863, the victory at Gettysburg was one of defense. It decisively ended General Robert E. Lee’s invasion of the North, an attempt to influence the impending elections. The victory at Vicksburg, however, was the most successful Union offensive of the war up to that time and the culmination of the Anaconda Plan, severing the Confederacy in two and eliminating the ability of Confederate states west of the Mississippi River to assist their eastern brethren.
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