[DOC] [TLE] Vicksburg Campaign: Unvexing the Father of Waters - Civil War Trust [PAR] With the advent of civil war, President Abraham Lincoln gathered his civil and ... 
Davis referred to as "the nailhead that held the South's two halves together. ... 
Initial efforts by Union land and naval forces to capture Vicksburg and open the... [DOC] [TLE] Vicksburg During the Civil War (1862-1863): A Campaign; A Siege ... [PAR] ... along the banks where the Father of Waters flowed through the Confederacy. 
... Lincoln looked at a map of the Mississippi River and saw that its hairpin turn in 
... The effort of United States troops to capture Vicksburg took over a year, from ... 
Their surviving letters and diaries tell stories of both physical and mental terror. [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Vicksburg Civil War Vicksburg Battle Mississippi [PAR] Battle of Vicksburg Siege Mississippi Vicksburg Battle Civil War General Grant ... 
local citizenry that the Union soldiers referred to Vicksburg as Prairie Dog Village. 
..... Although Pemberton's army was captured by Grant, the soldiers were soon 
...... of Vicksburg, President Lincoln exclaimed, "The Father of Waters again goes
... [DOC] [TLE] Vicksburg Campaign - Wikipedia [PAR] The Vicksburg Campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western 
Theater of the ... Ulysses S. Grant gained control of the river by capturing this 
stronghold and defeating Lt. Gen. ...... President Lincoln announced, "The Father 
of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea." ... He also received an unusual letter:. [DOC] [TLE] Anaconda Plan - Wikipedia [PAR] The Anaconda Plan is the name applied to an outline strategy for suppressing 
the Confederacy .... Scott's endorsement of McClellan's letter, which he submitted 
to the ... The string of easy conquests came to an end at Vicksburg, Mississippi, ... 
Henceforth, in the phrase of Abraham Lincoln, "The Father of Waters again goes
... [DOC] [TLE] Battle Of Vicksburg | HistoryNet [PAR] Capturing Vicksburg would sever the Trans-Mississippi Confederacy from that .... 
In the words of Abraham Lincoln, "The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "ERIC ED437313: Vicksburg National Military Park: Art ... [PAR] The Spanish called it Fort Nogales (meaning walnut); the English referred to the 
area .... All of them failed to capture Vicksburg, but succeeded in making the 
Union ... As President Lincoln said: "The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to 
the sea. .... The Navy had a flag for each letter and would hoist the flags up the 
mast. [DOC] [TLE] Site History - National Park Service [PAR] 20 Cultural Landscape Report: Vicksburg National Military Park settlement in .... 
the United States failed to capture Canada, and the. British army in ... (also 
referred to as the Southern Railroad), the only east-west ..... In a letter to General 
Halleck of. February 18 ..... President Lincoln wrote, The Father of Waters again 
goes... [DOC] [TLE] The Life of Abraham Lincoln (Holland)/Chapter XXIV - Wikisource ... [PAR] Apr 17, 2012 ... This dream of colonization, in which Mr. Lincoln so benevolently indulged, was ... 
had not the committee to which the matter was referred reported that the 
President ..... The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea. .... The 
capture of Vicksburg, with its preliminary battles, was the work of a great... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter VI. Rhodes, James Ford. 1917. History of the Civil War ... [PAR] It is true that Chase was devoted to the general but, if Lincoln was to be ... 
Nothing at this time so perturbed the Southern high councils as the operations of 
Grant against Vicksburg. ... If Harrisburg comes within your means, wrote Lee, 
capture it. .... Three days previously in a letter to his wife Meade discussed the 
possibility... [DOC] [TLE] Lincoln, Churchill & the Reids | Lincoln & Churchill [PAR] Sep 16, 2013 ... In his letter, Reid then referred to the recent speech that Churchill ... After the 
Union capture of Vicksburg on July 4, 1863, Lincoln had ... the Father of Waters 
again goes unvexed to the sea, declared the

Question: In a letter on the capture of Vicksburg, Lincoln referred to it as the "Father of Waters"
Answer: Mississippi River