After six failed attempts to reach Vicksburg, General Ulysses S.
Larry Mc Cluney examines the expedition from start to finish in never-before-seen detail..
The Confederates continued to rebuff the fleet and finally defeated it in the spring.
The expedition was delayed as a result of natural obstacles and Confederate resistance, which allowed the Confederate army under Lieutenant General John Pemberton to block passage of the Federal fleet.
Operations began on February 3, 1863, with a levee breach on the Mississippi River.
The Yazoo Pass Expedition was a Union army/navy operation meant to byPass Vicksburg by using the backwaters of the Mississippi Delta.
Grant developed a plan.
After six failed attempts to reach Vicksburg, General Ulysses S
