Vicksburg campaign
December 29, 1862 – July 4, 1863 · Vicksburg
Result Union victory
Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant fought a long campaign to take the Confederate fortress of Vicksburg on the Mississippi River. The city surrendered after a siege, and the Union gained control of the river.
Union
Confederacy
Strength and losses
- Strength
- c. 28,800–73,095
- Casualties
- 10,142
- Killed
- 1,581
- Wounded
- 7,554
- Missing
- 1,007