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- GLC#
- GLC07055
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1863/05/31
- Author/Creator
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
- Title
- to Stephen A. Hurlbut re: seige of Vicksburg
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
"Vicksburg is so strong by nature and so well fortified that...it must be taken by regular siege or by starving out the garrison. I have all the force necessary if my rear was not threatened...the entire rebel force heretofore against me are completely at my mercy. I do not want to see them escape by being reinforced from elsewhere."
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