The "Battle" of Vicksburg was actually a siege lasting many months in which the Union Army commanded by Gen. Grant surrounded the town and starved the people into surrender. The town was finally surrendered by Gen. John Pemberton on July 4, 1863.
July 4th 1863.
After that, the people of Vicksburg refused to celebrate the glorious Fourth until 1945.
July 3rd 1863 - the news announced on the Glorious Fourth, and by coincidence the same say as Gettysburg.
1863
The Siege of Vicksburg was fought in the vicinity of Vicksburg, MS.
The address of the Vicksburg Transportation Museum is: 129 Hoxie Rd, Vicksburg, MS 39180-6340
Vicksburg was called the "Gibraltar of the South."
The campaign to sieze Vicksburg took place over a four state area around Vicksburg, Mississippi (Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi).
It is called the Vicksburg Campaign.
The Siege of Vicksburg took from late May until early July 1863.
May 22
May 18 - July 4, 1863
Once General Ulysses Grant realized his army could not capture Vicksburg by direct assault he commenced siege operations. This started May 23, 1863.
The Battle of Vicksburg gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
Vicksburg is in Mississippi.
The Siege of Vicksburg was fought in the vicinity of Vicksburg, MS.
Vicksburg, Mississippi surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant on July 4, 1863 and a siege that lasted several months. Interestingly, because the surrender took place on that date, Vicksburg did not celebrate Independence Day until 1941.
Vicksburg is in Mississippi.
Vicksburg is in Mississippi.
Vicksburg Michigan
The address of the Vicksburg Museum is: Po Box 103, Vicksburg, MI 49097-0103