Opponents From the North: The people of Vicksburg had little faith in their city’s Northern-born Confederate commander, Lt. Gen. John Pemberton (left), and grudging respect for his Union opponent, Ulysses S. Grant. (Left to right: Virginia Museum of History and Culture; The Stapleton Collection/Bridgeman Images)

The people of Vicksburg had little faith in their city’s Northern-born Confederate commander, Lt. Gen. John Pemberton (left), and grudging respect for his Union opponent, Ulysses S. Grant. (Left to right: Virginia Museum of History and Culture; The Stapleton Collection/Bridgeman Images)

Left to right: Virginia Museum of History and Culture; The Stapleton Collection/Bridgeman Images