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Back to EpisodesLTG John C Pemberton: The Loss of Vicksburg
Episode 505
Published 3 months, 1 week ago
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ABC:LHS #088-2 GEN John Clifford Pemberton ...
... was a Philadelphian who threw his lot with the Confederacy, despite his graduation from the US Military Academy, where he had briefly roomed with George Gordon Meade. Jefferson Davis put him in charge at Vicksburg, where he was forced to surrender to Ulysses S. Grant after a 47-day siege.