Vicksburg, under Siege Traditional Cache
Hidden : 11/24/2006
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This cache was placed to commemorate the battles fought here for the possession of the town of Vicksburg. Please take care when going to and from the cache, there are deep ravines all around.

The Siege of Vicksburg
May 26 - July 3, 1863

Following the failure of the May 22 assault on Vicksburg, Grant realized that Vicksburg could not be taken by storm and decided to lay siege to the city.
Throughout the month of June, Union troops advanced their approaches slowly toward the Confederate defenses. The gallant defenders of Vicksburg suffered under the constant bombardment of enemy guns from reduced rations and exposure to the elements. Reduced in number by sickness and battle casualties, the garrison of Vicksburg was spread dangerously thin.
At Jackson and Canton General Johnston gathered a relief force which took up the line of march toward Vicksburg on July 1. By then it was too late as the sands of time had expired for the fortress city on the Mississippi River.
On the hot afternoon of July 3, 1863, a cavalcade of horsemen in gray rode out from the city along the Jackson Road. Soon white flags appeared on the city's defenses as General Pemberton rode beyond the works to meet with his adversary--Grant. The two generals dismounted between the lines, not far from the Third Louisiana Redan, and sat in the shade of a stunted oak tree to discuss surrender terms.
At 10 a.m., on July 4, white flags were displayed from the Confederate works and the brave men in gray marched out of their entrenchments, stacked their arms, removed their accouterments, and furled their flags, at which time the victorious Union army marched in and took possession the city.
The fall of Vicksburg, coupled with the defeat of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in the battle of Gettysburg fought on July 1-3, marked the turning point of the Civil War.

This cache is placed to commemorate the battles fought here. This cache originally had a supply of Geocoins. It was #7 in a series of twenty geocoins , each one depicting a different battle of the Civil War. To see the series, go towww.civilwargeocoins.com

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