Grade Range: 5-12Resource Type(s): Primary Source, ArtifactsDate Posted: 12/30/2010
This camp chair was used by Ulysses Grant during the Civil War.
Museum education
On May 22, 1863, Ulysses Grant sent brigades from three corps of the army to assault Vicksburg. W...
camp, 1860s, soldier's life, Northern, equipment, Grant, Ulysses, soldier, Shiloh, US army, Cold Harbor, Spotsylvania, Vicksburg, military history, furniture, Petersburg, wilderness, Civil War, Union, North, Chattanooga
Fleishman's depiction of the first Civil War battle relies on individual voices to give a human f...
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