Vicksburg was really about the artillery. The union set up batteries of 4 and 6 cannon often two or more together while the South placed their cannon well separated to support their infantry when attacked. The difference was significant and the Union gunners were quite adapt by the second year of war and could easily hit their targets from the 600/700 yard ranges they employed.

Cadillac Tracks - you let one cannon in and. bingo, six more. It is a shambles, I think, or is it a Travers City, no, I know it is a …. well, maybe I don’t know but I don’t like it anyhow. Don’t be too harsh judging my English - I do speak 7 other languages you know. We are off for somewhere that is cannon free tomorrow.