Paul Krugman @paulkrugman
It was, however, preceded by daring river operations, as Union gunboats and transports ran past the batteries at Vicksburg and Grand Gulf. And it was followed by the 19th-century equivalent of blitzkrieg, as Grant outflanked the rebels, then penned them up against the river 2/ https://t.co/NZLtgciV1F — PolitiTweet.org