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.
Vicksburg was the last remaining Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi. When it finally fell, the Union controlled the whole of the Mississippi and was able to cut the Confederacy in half. The city of Vicksburg didn't celebrate the Fourth of July for some 80 years after wards. Ronald D Â· 10 years ago.