Vicksburg+Campaign+Confederate+Soldiers

At the start of the Battle of Vicksburg the Confederates had 5,000 less men then the union at 40,000, but were still confident. They not only controlled the city of Vicksburg, but it was in such a place that it could only be approached from one side, making it invulnerable to any kind of charge, which was where the Unions main advantage of size came into play. As the battle dragged on however, the Confederates started to lose hope. After weeks of seige, they were running out of ammo and the walls keeping the Uion at bay were starting to crumble. The city was all but destroyed and it's citizens were living in holes in the hillsides. On July 4, 1863, they finally surrendered, with all of the soldiers signing a praole (basically a contract saying that the soldiers could go free if the swore never to fight again).