Back حصار فيكسبيرغ Arabic ویکسبرق موحاصیرهسی AZB Setge de Vicksburg Catalan Belejringen af Vicksburg Danish Schlacht um Vicksburg German Siege of Vicksburg English Sitio de Vicksburg Spanish محاصره ویکسبرگ FA Vicksburgin taistelu Finnish Siège de Vicksburg French
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Sculpture honoring the Battle of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863
The Siege of Vicksburg was a major battle of the American Civil War.[1] It took place in Mississippi from May 18 to July 4, 1863. Union general Ulysses S. Grant surrounded the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Confederate Army, commanded by John C. Pemberton, surrendered on July 4. Now the Union forces controlled the Mississippi River.
- ↑ Timothy B. Smith, Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg (New York: Savas Beatie, 2006), p. xiii