Grant’s Headquarters

When Union forces arrived at Vicksburg, Union General Ulysses S. Grant chose a wood frame house near here as his headquarters, but during the night of May 21, 1863, he awakened to loud noises outside as his own men, unaware their commander was sleeping inside, tore off the sideboards. His annoyance turned to approval when he learned that the planks and lumber would be used to bridge a deep trench in front of Stockade Redan during the next day's attack. After the house was dismantled, Union headquarters was re-established in tents.

Mississippi · United States