
Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, left, and Admiral David Dixon Porter developed a plan to take Vicksburg. Resilient Confederates, however, used swampy bayous and daunting bluffs for their own action plan. (Library of Congress)
Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, left, and Admiral David Dixon Porter developed a plan to take Vicksburg. Resilient Confederates, however, used swampy bayous and daunting bluffs for their own action plan. (Library of Congress)