CHAPTER VI.

The final Vicksburg campaign--Situation at and around Vicksburg --Memphis--Lake Providence--Digging the canal--Cutting levee-- Running batteries--March through swamps--Grand Gulf--Feint by Sherman--Battle of Port Gibson--Death of McCorkle--Battles of Raymond and Jackson--Champion Hill--Casler and his "Base of Supplies"--Battle of Black River Bridge--Investment of Vicksburg --Grant--the "Silent"--the Invincible 77