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Siege of Vicksburg

1863 · 19th century · Part of the American Civil War

The Siege of Vicksburg, from May to 4 July 1863, ended with the surrender of the Confederate fortress on the Mississippi River in Mississippi to Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant. Its fall gave the Union control of the Mississippi and split the Confederacy in two. Coming a day after Gettysburg, it marked a turning point of the war.

Siege of Vicksburg
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Confederate States of America

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Siege of Vicksburg. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/siege-of-vicksburg
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