A Fellow General Defends Pemberton at Vicksburg
New for October 2026
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9m 3s
Following his surrender of about 30,000 Confederate troops at Vicksburg, Maj. Gen. John Clifford Pemberton carried the burden of it for the rest of his days. Among his sympathetic defenders was fellow general John Brown Gordon. Here are his thoughts—and the general he blamed for the loss.
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