The Fall of Vicksburg

**The Fall of Vicksburg** is the tenth mission in *History Civil War: Secret Missions*.

## Walkthrough

"As the war progressed, the Union attacked Southern strongholds at will. A
siege could last weeks and even months, and once an important city fell, the
South felt the blow sharply, knowing its days of survival were coming to an
end."

Mission Briefing - Fall of Vicksburg:

"Grant has besieged the city of Vicksburg since the end of May. Our initial
attack failed to put much of a dent in the city's defenses, but now that you
have eliminated the traitor, we have managed to finally weaken the city's
defenses. Once you destroy the road barricade, Grant will begin the attack
immediately."

The mission begins with your CO stating the redan protecting the city has
been heavily damaged and the Rebels are moving to repair it. The unit has
orders to destroy it allowing Union troops to flood the city. Also, since
you are such an excellent sniper, make sure to kill any you spot.

CURRENT OBJECTIVES:
- Destroy the barricade on the road.
- Eliminate all snipers (bonus objective).

Run down the road and about three soldiers will attack you. Defeat them
and move part where they were defending.

Hang a left at the intersection and run to the barricade ahead. Rebels
will begin attacking ahead and past another barricade down the road.

CURRENT OBJECTIVES:
- Eliminate the enemy presence.
- Eliminate all snipers (bonus objective).

Shoot the enemy until they stop attacking and a gate will open near the
barricade. Move to the gate and walk through it. Stop and look up and to
the right to a broken window. The first of three enemy snipers will be
hanging out in there.

Continue forward and a few more soldiers will attack around the corner of
the next building. Throw a grenade to finish them quickly and at the same
time. Advanced down the alley and kill the one or two soldiers that
survived because they hid around the corner.

Jump through the bent iron fence and round the building to the right.
Follow the running Union soldiers down the road to the right for updated
objectives.

CURRENT OBJECTIVES:
- Destroy the Gatling Gun.
- Eliminate all snipers (bonus objective).

Two or three Rebels will attack from behind the barricade ahead of you.
Kill them and then turn left down the road towards the Gatling Gun. Fire
at the Gatling Gun while advancing towards the barricade down the road. The
mission objectives will once again update when the Gatling Gun crew is
killed.

CURRENT OBJECTIVES:
- Destroy the barricade on the road.
- Eliminate all snipers (bonus objective).

Move around the barricade and walk towards the sandbags on the left side of
the road. Jump over them and make a left down the road. when moving down
this road, you should see a building with a crooked sign. In the left
window will be the second sniper in this mission.

Follow this road around to the end where a barricade is set up. To the
right is a bent iron fence to the house with the Gatling Gun. Jump through
the hole and run around the front of the building to an open gate on the
other side.

Exit onto the street via the gate and make a left, then proceed down the
street. Hang a right and the third sniper will be firing at the partially
destroyed building at the end of the road on the left side. Kill him and
if you have followed by guide the entire time, you will unlock the "To the
Letter" achievement for completing all of the bonus objectives in the game.

Run down the road past the building with the sniper to the hay barricades.
Several Confederate soldiers will attack from the end of the street. One or
two grenades will easily kill the majority of them. Remember to grab the
ammunition box at your feet to replenish your supply of grenades.

Make a right and run down the road past the intersection to the white tents.
Go around the second tent to find the letter on the ground.

Return to the intersection and move through the spiked barricades to the
red objective marker. Approach it and plant the explosives with the Y
Button. The mission will now be completed.

At the end of the mission, on the Level Statistics screen, you should unlock
at least three achievements if you have followed my guide. They are
"Demolitions" for destroying all of the explosive barrels, "Vicksburg Gate"
for completing the mission, and the achievement for whatever difficulty you
played on.

You will also unlock the bonus level "Siege of Vicksburg".

Congratulations!