Ulysses S. Grant surrounds and lays siege to Vicksburg, securing a crucial victory for the Union during the American Civil War in this clip from Season 1, Episode 2, “Lincoln’s General.”
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Caesar employed that double trench two thousand and three hundred years ago, the tactic is call circumvallation. Note the hooded sight on the Walgren cannon at three minutes in.
Someone has read his Caesar. The Conquest of Gaul.
Battle of Alesia.
Sorry to nitpick but Ceaser fought Alesia in 52BC, so its 2078 years ago, not 2300 years ago
Zelensky is using this same strategy in Crimea against the Russians.
Very cool, I really like it
Union Army Commander General U.S. Grant!
Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Grant was a certifiable military genius.
The military park at Vicksburg is amazing. It is worth the travel to see it.
that boy on the 50 dollar bill