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To: Homer_J_Simpson
As we discussed, here are Grant's initial assaults on Vicksburg listed as Confederate victories, though historians never do that because it would mean the statement, "Grant never lost a battle" is not quite right.

However, I'm not listing only campaigns and battles, but also relatively minor engagements, of which Grant's assaults on Vicksburg certainly qualify.

Mississippi 1862-'63 Engagements

DateEngagementMilitary UnitsLossesVictor
April 29 - May 30, 1862Corinth, MSUnion Army of the Mississippi (Halleck, Grant, Thomas, Buel ~120,000), Confederate Army of the Mississippi (Beauregard, Bragg, Van Dorn ~65,000)Union 1,000+ total, Confederates 1,000+ totalUSA
Sep 1Denmark, MSUnion Army of the Missippi, (Dennis ~1,000), Confederate Army of the West (Armstrong -4,000)Union 108-total (8-killed), Confederates 288 total (11=killed)CSA
Sep 19-20Iuka, MSUnion Army of Mississippi (Rosecrans, ~4,500), Confederate Army of the West (Price, ~3,179)Union 790-total (144-killed), Confederates 1,516-total (263-killed) USA
Oct 3-4Corinth, MSUnion Army of MS (Rosecran s, 12,000), Confederate Army of West TN (Van Dorn, Price ~22,000)Union 2,520-total (355-killed), Confederates 4.233-total (473-killed)USA
Dec 27-29Chickasaw Bayou, MSUnion Army of TN, MS Squadron (Sherman ~30,720), Confederate Dept of MS (Pemberton, SD Lee~13,792)Union 1,776-total (208-killed), Confederates 187-total (57-killed)CSA (CSA outnumbered
Apr 29, 1863Grand Gulf, MSUnion Mississippi squadron (Porter 7-ironclads ~10,000), Confederate Army of Vicksburg batteries (Bowen 4,200)Union 80-total (24-killed), Confederates 22-total (3-killed)CSA (Grant changed his plans)
Apr 29Snyder's Bluff, MSUnion XV Corps, Mississippi squadron (Sherman 8-gunboatss ~10,000), Confederate Herbert's Brigade (Herbert 3,000)Union unkwn-total (unkwn-killed), Confederates unkwn-total (unkwn-killed)CSA (Union feint to fix CSA forces)
May 1Port Gibson, MSUnion Army of TN (Grant ~23,000), Confederate Army of Vicksburg (Bowen, ~8,000)Union 861-total (129?-killed), Confederates 787-total (118?-killed)USA
May 12Raymond, MSUnion Army the Tennessee (McPherson 12,000), Confederate Army of Vicksburg (Gregg, 4,000)Union 446-total (67?-killed), Confederates 515-total (77?-killed)USA
May 14Jackson, MSUnion Army the Tennessee (Grant, Sherman, McPherson ~30,000), Confederate Army of Vicksburg (Johnson, Gregg, 5,000?)Union 332-total (48?-killed), Confederates 850-total (127?-killed)USA
May 16Champion Hill, MSUnion Army the Tennessee (Grant, McClernand, Sherman, McPherson 32,000), Confederate Army of Vicksburg (Pemberton 22,000)Union 2,457-total (410-killed), Confederates 3,840-total (381-killed)USA
May 17Big Black River Bridge, MSUnion Army the Tennessee XIII Corps (McClernand, 5,000), Confederate Army of Vicksburg (Bowen Vaugn, 5,000)Union 275-total (41?-killed), Confederates 1,751-total (262?-killed)USA (Union outnumbered)
May 19-22Assault on VicksburgUnion Army of the TN (Grant, Sherman 77,000), Confederate Army of Mississippi (Pemberton, 33,000)Union 4,141-total (659-killed), Confederates 580-total (75-killed)CSA (CSA Outnumbered)

Summary of Civil War Engagements as of May 27, 1863:
Engagements in Confederate states:

StateUnion VictoriesConfederate VictoriesInconclusiveTotal Engagements
South Carolina2215
Virginia10231252
North Carolina81110
Florida2002
Louisiana7108
Tennessee97117
Arkansas81211
Georgia1102
Mississippi85013
Texas0101
Alabama1001
Total Engagements in CSA575018125

Engagements in Union states/territories:

StateUnion VictoriesConfederate VictoriesInconclusiveTotal Engagements
Maryland3014
West Virginia93214
Missouri1413128
New Mexico58013
Kentucky56213
Oklahoma1304
Total Engagements in Union3833677
Total Engagements to date958324202

Grant's assaults on Vicksburg May 19 & 21 cost the Union 85% of the total casualties and killed in action they would experience during the siege which ended July 4.
For Confederates, it was the reverse -- 20% of CSA killed & wounded at Vicksburg happened during Grant's initial assaults.

These bring the war's totals to date, by my count, to over 362,000 casualties, including over 42,000 killed in action.

4 posted on 05/27/2023 7:41:30 AM PDT by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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To: BroJoeK
historians never do that because it would mean the statement, "Grant never lost a battle" is not quite right.

I'm no historian, but I recall reading about a very early Grant-led engagement (Belmont?) in which he escaped the scene by fancy footwork on his horse's part. That doesn't seem like a victory to me.

5 posted on 05/27/2023 7:49:14 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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