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Union Assaults at Vicksburg hats It describes a journey ofThe Union Assaults at Vicksburg: Grant Attacks Pemberton, May 1722, 1863 Timothy B. Smith It was the third week of May 1863, and after seven months and six attempts, Ulysses S. Grant was finally at the doorstep of Vicksburg. What followed was a series of attacks and maneuvers against the last major section of the Mississippi River controlled by the Confederacyand one of the most important operations of the Civil War. Grant intended to end the campaign