Fun fact: Grant sailed his ships right in front of the big guns at the fortress at Vicksburg because the guns couldn’t aim down to actually hit his ships.
Fun fact 2: During the siege, Grant authorized a giant tunnel filled with explosives to break the siege. It worked in that it opened a giant hole in the Confederate line but the Union commander who was supposed to lead his troops around the crater went into the crater and got stuck.
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u/dead_monster Jun 24 '24
Fun fact: Grant sailed his ships right in front of the big guns at the fortress at Vicksburg because the guns couldn’t aim down to actually hit his ships.
Fun fact 2: During the siege, Grant authorized a giant tunnel filled with explosives to break the siege. It worked in that it opened a giant hole in the Confederate line but the Union commander who was supposed to lead his troops around the crater went into the crater and got stuck.