Vicksburg is a city in west central Mississippi. The city is most famous as the “Gibraltar of the Confederacy,” as cannons on the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River prevented the US from controlling this vital water route during much of the American Civil War.
After lengthy maneuverings to get troops to the city, U.S. Major General Ulysses S. Grant, having failed in a major assualt on May 22, 1863, put the city under siege.
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