Farragut and the Vicksburg Campaign

Vicksburg was a Confederate fortress guarding the Mississippi River during the American Civil War. It was the only thing stopping the Union from taking control of the all-powerful Mississippi waterway. Although the Vicksburg Campaign is most famously associated with General Ulysses Grant (whose capture of the fortress is considered a major turning point in the war), there were many earlier Union campaigns to take control of Vicksburg. One of these campaigns, led by Navy Admiral David Farragut, is the focus of this episode. The script for this episode was written by Jacob Bains from Texas. If you would like to submit your own script, please send it to militaryhistorypodcast@gmail.com

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Farragut and the Vicksburg Campaign is an episode from Military History Podcast by George Hageman.

This episode is 20:57 long.

This episode was published on Jan 29, 2009.

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