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Siege of Vicksburg31 March – 4 July 1863
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“See what a lot of land these fellows hold, to which Vicksburg is the key!” Abraham Lincoln
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Alabama
Tennessee
Louisiana
Arkansas
Missouri
Vicksburg
Mississippi
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Vicksburg was located on the crest of steep sided bluffs comprised of Peoria Loess deposited during the last ice age.
It is located on the eastern side of the Mississippi River, in Mississippi
Just below confluence with the Yazoo River
Mississippi River flowed directly beneath the City, within rock throwing distance
Main rail line from Jackson, Mississippi ran through Vicksburg
Union attempted to cut a canal across the big bend
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Sentinelof the
MississippiRiver
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Vicksburg Campaign Map – Union Forces Run Circle Around Vicksburg
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Fort Hill onVicksburg’s
Bluffs
Commanding views allowed artillery to target river and all river side approaches to the Confederate entrenchments
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Porter Runs the Confederate Batteries at Vicksburg
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Vicksburg Campaign Map – Closing the Gaps and Beginning the Siege
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First Union Assault – May 19, 1863
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Second Union Assault – May 22, 1863
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Fort Garrott and Hovey’s Approach
Entrenchments seen in aerial view today
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Stockade Redan
Stockade Redan on left and Federal artillery on right.
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June 25, 1863
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REFERENCES• Great Battles of the Civil War. New York:
Historical Books Inc., 1984.• Korn, Jerry. War on the Mississippi: Grant’s
Vicksburg Campaign. Alexandria: Time Life Books, Inc., 1985.
• http://www.nps.gov/vick/ • http://geoscience.wes.army.mil/FS_Vicksbur
gGeology.html• http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/urbattle5.
htm