Note 232 — Chapter XXIX · the campaigns of 1863.
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Grant’s achievement is thus described by Rhodes: “In nineteen days Grant had crossed the great river into the enemy’s territory; had marched one hundred and eighty miles through a most difficult country, skirmishing constantly; had fought and won five distinct battles, . . . had taken the capital of the state and destroyed its arsenals and military manufactories, and was now in the rear of Vicksburg.”—Rhodes, History, Vol. IV., p. 310.