Dr. Timothy B. Smith

So the Union Army will camp there largely because in the spring of 1862, the Tennessee River has risen so much that most of the landings up and down the river are underwater. Pittsburgh Landing being the one or two, there are a couple others around, but the one good one that provides access not only to Corinth, but also good camping areas, good fields to drill the troops, all of that.

So the Union Army will camp there largely because in the spring of 1862, the Tennessee River has risen so much that most of the landings up and down the river are underwater. Pittsburgh Landing being the one or two, there are a couple others around, but the one good one that provides access not only to Corinth, but also good camping areas, good fields to drill the troops, all of that.

So the lead elements that are exploring this area figure out this is a good place to camp. This is a good place to land the army. And that's the reason the Union army camps there in the days and weeks before the battle. Of course, the Confederates realize, okay, we've got to do something about this incursion. And that's why they march northward from Corinth to attack the Union forces there.

So the lead elements that are exploring this area figure out this is a good place to camp. This is a good place to land the army. And that's the reason the Union army camps there in the days and weeks before the battle. Of course, the Confederates realize, okay, we've got to do something about this incursion. And that's why they march northward from Corinth to attack the Union forces there.

So the lead elements that are exploring this area figure out this is a good place to camp. This is a good place to land the army. And that's the reason the Union army camps there in the days and weeks before the battle. Of course, the Confederates realize, okay, we've got to do something about this incursion. And that's why they march northward from Corinth to attack the Union forces there.

So that's why we wind up with a battle there.

So that's why we wind up with a battle there.

So that's why we wind up with a battle there.

Well, when Phil Scott, of course, the author of the Anaconda Plan, is ridiculed at the beginning of the war, that's going to take way too long, way too many troops. It's going to be a three-month war, and the thing's going to be done. Well, the basic formula that they win the war with after four years is basically the Anaconda Plan.

Well, when Phil Scott, of course, the author of the Anaconda Plan, is ridiculed at the beginning of the war, that's going to take way too long, way too many troops. It's going to be a three-month war, and the thing's going to be done. Well, the basic formula that they win the war with after four years is basically the Anaconda Plan.

Well, when Phil Scott, of course, the author of the Anaconda Plan, is ridiculed at the beginning of the war, that's going to take way too long, way too many troops. It's going to be a three-month war, and the thing's going to be done. Well, the basic formula that they win the war with after four years is basically the Anaconda Plan.

And so here, a year into the war, they are working through the process of strangling the South, as an Anaconda will do. It takes a while to build ship, to implement the blockade, of course. One of the major tenets of the Anaconda plan is to open the Mississippi River, which, again, shallow is very much a part of that.

And so here, a year into the war, they are working through the process of strangling the South, as an Anaconda will do. It takes a while to build ship, to implement the blockade, of course. One of the major tenets of the Anaconda plan is to open the Mississippi River, which, again, shallow is very much a part of that.

And so here, a year into the war, they are working through the process of strangling the South, as an Anaconda will do. It takes a while to build ship, to implement the blockade, of course. One of the major tenets of the Anaconda plan is to open the Mississippi River, which, again, shallow is very much a part of that.

It's convenient the way these rivers, you know, we talk about the Industrial Revolution and the rivers and the railroads and all of that. The rivers really play a more important role, at least early in the Western theater than the railroads do because they are pointed directly like daggers into the heart, this art land of the Confederacy.

It's convenient the way these rivers, you know, we talk about the Industrial Revolution and the rivers and the railroads and all of that. The rivers really play a more important role, at least early in the Western theater than the railroads do because they are pointed directly like daggers into the heart, this art land of the Confederacy.

It's convenient the way these rivers, you know, we talk about the Industrial Revolution and the rivers and the railroads and all of that. The rivers really play a more important role, at least early in the Western theater than the railroads do because they are pointed directly like daggers into the heart, this art land of the Confederacy.

And as the Federals move southward, they're trying to move south along the Mississippi River, but they are blocked at Columbus, Kentucky. But conveniently, they can step over 100 miles to the east, move straight down the Tennessee River, and get where they need to go out flanking Columbus, and then step back over to the Mississippi and continue on down to Vicksburg.

And as the Federals move southward, they're trying to move south along the Mississippi River, but they are blocked at Columbus, Kentucky. But conveniently, they can step over 100 miles to the east, move straight down the Tennessee River, and get where they need to go out flanking Columbus, and then step back over to the Mississippi and continue on down to Vicksburg.

And as the Federals move southward, they're trying to move south along the Mississippi River, but they are blocked at Columbus, Kentucky. But conveniently, they can step over 100 miles to the east, move straight down the Tennessee River, and get where they need to go out flanking Columbus, and then step back over to the Mississippi and continue on down to Vicksburg.