Statistics for occurrence #1 of “state of Mississippi” in chapter 6 of Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1:
...leck: If the Helena troops were at my command, I think it would be practicable to send Sherman to take them and the Memphis forces south of the mouth of Yazoo river, and thus secure Vicksburg and the state of Mississippi .
The plan here sketched, and which was eventually adopted, had a double chance of success.
Either Sherman, going down the Mississippi to the mouth of the Yazoo, could present a new base for G...
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