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Learn about the 47-day siege and surrender of Vicksburg, a critical victory for the Union that split the Confederacy in two. Explore the battle facts, maps, videos, articles, and resources on the Vicksburg campaign and the Mississippi River.
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The fall of Vicksburg came just one day after the...
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American Battlefield Trust’s map of The Vicksburg Campaign....
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His 1862 triumphs at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in western...
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As the Civil War began, the South controlled the Mississippi River—a critical transportation corridor and supply line—from Cairo, Illinois, all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico. Vicksburg, given its strategic location on the east bank of the Mississippi River, was “the nailhead that holds the South’s two halves together,” according to Confederate...
Grant made some attacks after bottling Vicksburg but found the Confederates well entrenched. Starting on May 18, preparing for a long Siege of Vicksburg, Grant's army constructed 15 miles of trenches and enclosed Pemberton’s force of 29,000 men inside the perimeter. It was only a matter of time before Grant, with 70,000 troops, captured Vicksburg. ...
After holding out for 47 days, Pemberton surrendered on July 4, 1863—Independence Day—and President Abraham Lincolnwrote that the Mississippi River “again goes unvexed to the sea.” The Confederate defeat at Vicksburg, and a second Union victory downriver at Port Hudson, Louisiana, ensured that the Union would have complete control of the Mississipp...
Vicksburg: History & Culture. National Park Service. The Battle of Vicksburg. Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Siege of Vicksburg. U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center.
The Siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863) was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War.In a series of maneuvers, Union Major General Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate Army of Mississippi, led by Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton, into the defensive lines surrounding the ...
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Vicksburg Campaign, (1862–63), in the American Civil War, the campaign by Union forces to take the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi, which lay on the east bank of the Mississippi River, halfway between Memphis (north) and New Orleans (south). The capture of Vicksburg divided the Confederacy and proved the military genius of ...
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The Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi, also called the Siege of Vicksburg, was the culmination of a long land and naval campaign by Union forces to capture a key strategic position during the American Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln recognized the significance of the town situated on a 200-foot bluff above the Mississippi River.
3,878 wounded. 3,800 missing. 29,495 surrendered) [2] [3] The Vicksburg campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War directed against Vicksburg, Mississippi, a fortress city that dominated the last Confederate -controlled section of the Mississippi River.
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