Viewing a satellite photo of the Korean peninsula at night, one can see what communism has meant for the people of North Korea. There is a wide dark black band between the border of China and Russia and the border of South Korea suggesting perhaps a body of water or an uninhabitable area, but this is North Korea.
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Pemberton's outlook on escape was pessimistic, but there were still roads leading south out of Vicksburg unguarded by Federal troops. Grant found help from Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck, the Union general-in-chief. Halleck quickly began to shift Union troops in the West to meet Grant's needs.