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Siege of Vicksburg Date & Location: Leaders: May 18 - July 4, 1863 Vicksburg, MS Union: Ulysses S.

Grant Confederate: John Pemberton 1. Grant cuts off supply lines to Confederates 2. Lasts 6 weeks 3. Confederates forced to surrender, starving Union Union gains control of Mississippi River Confederates forced to surrender 29,000 men Union losses = 1,000 Confederate losses = 5,000

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