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simple. easy. awesome. xfinity. the future of awesome. [ insects chirping ] [ dog howling, barking ] two years into the war, jefferson davis confederacy seems to be falling to pieces. pull back! retreat! retreat! after gettysburg and vicksburg, the suffering is no longer confined to the soldiers of the depleted army. [ crying ] and as the north s anaconda plan strangles the southern economy, citizens throughout the south are starving. bread or blood! bread or blood! bread or blood! bread or blood! don t make me shoot. that loaf is $5. my children are starving. what am i to do? the bread riots were a reaction to the union s blockade,
attack the yankees and crush them for good. who will follow me?! [ indistinct shouting ] but the west, it s a different story, thanks to the anaconda plan, as well as the emergence of the man who will on to be the greatest civil war general, ulysses s. grant. the union now controls most of the mississippi river valley, but the city of vicksburg is the last confederate holdout. a vital river port and railroad hub, vicksburg connects the eastern confederate states with crucial supplies from louisiana, arkansas, and texas. whoever controls vicksburg controls the mississippi. the fall of vicksburg would be the fall of vicksburg would be the beginning of the end of the south even if lee wins in gettysburg. on three! one, two, heave! previous union attempts to assault the heavily fortified city have ended in failure.