If your pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or if your body's cells fail to respond to the insulin being produced (insulin resistance), then your blood will contain too much glucose (hyperglycaemia). This type of metabolic disorder is known as diabetes mellitus.
By Michael B. Ballard. 264 pp. It was the sad fate of General John C. Pemberton (1814-1881), a northerner serving in the Confederate army, to die in disgrace and humiliation. Because he surrendered Vicksburg to General Grant, many Confederates considered him a traitor.
During the American Civil War, Union forces sought in 1862 and 1863  to capture the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi.  Located on high bluffs astride the Misâ¦sissippi River, Vicksburg was  a highly defensible fortress, and its capture proved difficult for  the Union troops.