In which we look at the fate of USS Indianola and talk about the failure of the Yazoo Pass and Steele's Bayou expeditions.

In which we look at the Federal attack on Arkansas Post on January 11, 1863.

In which we look at Sherman's failed assault at Chickasaw Bayou, north of Vicksburg, at the end of December 1862.

In which we start to look at Grant's first attempt to wrest Vicksburg from the Confederates. It didn't go well.

In which we continue to look at the background to the Vicksburg Campaign.

In which we continue to look at the background to the Vicksburg Campaign.

In which start to look at the background to the Vicksburg Campaign.

In which we wrap-up our look at how West Virginia, in the midst of the Civil War, became the thirty-fifth state of the Union.

In which we start to look at the story of how West Virginia became the thirty-fifth state of the Union.

In which we look at the wounding and death of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (1824-1863).