Any hardships and deaths among the civilian population of Vicskburg were due to the fact that Pemberton chose to hole up there with his army. Had Pemberton not done so then none of that would have happened. Sorry if that bothers you but as the wise man once said, war is hell.
then don't bitch about Ft Pillow next time it pops up Mr Platitude.
had it been YOUR family that was tortured/raped/robbed/abused & finally "slaughtered like cattle", you wouldn't be so "cavalier" about what was done to my family & THOUSANDS of other dixie families.
of course, you don't really care about what was done to a bunch of "poor Indians", do you, N-S??? just because they were NOT white, were poor farmers and UNarmed, civilian, elderly men,small children & women, that made what was DONE by the DYs perfectly acceptable to you???
free dixie,sw