Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 379
urg from the northwere unavailing. . . . His plan was to traverse thepeninsula where he lay encamped, then to cross theMississippi, and thus to be able to attack Yicksburgfrom the south and east. . . . Porter ran the batteries of Grand Gulfas he had runthose of Vicks-burg ; the armydescended… … Ulysses Simpson Grant 349 the eastern bank, below and in rear of Vicksburg.Though Vicksburg was not yet taken, and though hewas in the enemys country, with a vast river and thestronghold of Vicksburg between him and his base ofsupplies, yet he felt a degree of relief scarcely everequalled, since I…
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