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.
A: The Vicksburg Campaign was a significant Union victory in the American Civil War because it gave the Union army complete control over the Mississippi River and cut the Confederacy in two. The western Confederacy would remain isolated from the east for the rest of the war, unable to provide material support for the Confederate government.