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.
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.