Ulysses S. Grant Bicentennial

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Western Theater Photo Gallery

View photos below from Erik’s tour of Grant’s big battles in the Western Theater of the Civil War.

Confederate water battery in Fort Donelson
Dover Hotel near Fort Donelson where Buckner surrendered to Grant
Shiloh Church
Site of Grant’s HQ on Shiloh battlefield
Riverboat landing at Shiloh
Strategic rail junction at Corinth, MS opened up by Union victory at Shiloh
General John C. Pemberton, commander of the Confederate garrison at Vicksurg
Overlooking the Mississippi River where Union ironclads ran past rebel guns at Vicksburg
With Charles Pendleton, founder of the new Civil War museum in downtown Vicksburg
The Cairo Museum at Vicksburg
The spot where Grant accepted Pemberton’s surrender of Vicksburg
Overlooking the river crossing at Vicksburg
Iconic Vicksburg courthouse
Quartered at the home of a cotton factor in Vicksburg with a bust of Jefferson Davis
Visitor Center at Chattanooga
Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga
Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga
Grant’s HQ in Chattanooga on Orchard Knob
The home of President Andrew Johnson in Greeneville, TN