Battle of Vicksburg

The Battle of Vicksburg was an American Civil War siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, on a well-fortified west-facing cliff on the Mississippi River. The siege lasted from May 18 -- July 4, 1863. The siege was initiated by the Union Army under General Ulysses S. Grant with the aim of gaining control of the Mississippi River by capturing this Confederate riverfront stronghold and defeating John C. Pemberton's forces stationed there. Shortly after it fell (one day after the fall of Gettysburg), the entire Mississippi Valley belonged to the Union.

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Sub-pages

• Seven Failures Before The Taking of Vicksburg
• Political Questions before the Siege of Vicksburg
• Politics Before the Battle of Vicksburg
• Actions Prior to Grant's Landing Before the Siege of Vicksburg
• After Grant's Landing and Before the Siege of Vicksburg
• The Siege of Vicksburg
• Consequences of the Battle of Vicksburg

External links and references

Major (alphabetical):

• Catton, Bruce, (1958), Never Call Retreat
  • (ISBN 0671469908)

• Foote, Shelby, (1963), Fredericksburg to Meridian
  • (ISBN 039475621)

• Grant, U.S., (1958), Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant
  • (ISBN 0306801728) The copyright has expired on this work and it is available on the Internet.

• McPherson, James, (1988), Battle Cry of Freedom
  • (ISBN 0934746236)

Minor:

• Foote, Shelby, (1963), Red River to Appomattox
  • (ISBN 0394746228)

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