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Grant Gambled for Vicksburg in Night River Assault
Union General Ulysses S. Grant led a high risk river assault against Vicksburg on the night of April 16 17 1863 after earlier failures. He coordinated gunboats and transports to run past battery lines while Confederates opened fire, with Porter's fleet providing support and the operation ending with the capture of multiple ships and the securing of passage for the Union army.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Vicksburg
Mississippi River
Lincoln
Stanton
Henry W. Halleck
Washington
Grant
David D. Porter
William T. Sherman
Milliken’s Bend
Jesse
James H. Wilson
Fred
New Carthage
Porter
Henry Clay
Gantlet
Jake Wilkin
130Th
Illinois Infantry