In the American Civil War, the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg (a 3 day battle) was 3 July 1863 and the siege of Vicksburg ended on that day, with the surrender formalized on 4 July.
The Siege was that last major action of the Vicksburg Campaign, giving the Union control of the Mississippi River and thus cuting the Confederacy in two.
The Battle of Gettysburg is said to have been the bloodiest battle of Civil War, and represented the furthest north penetration of Confederate forces operating under General Lee.
The Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania was fought between the Army of the Potomac, led by Union General George Meade, and the Army of Northern Virginia, led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee, from July 1 to July 3, 1863. The Confederate defeat forced Lee to retreat south, ending the third and final attempt by Confederate armies to invade the North. The casualties the Army of Northern Virginia suffered could not be overcome. In retrospect it would become clear the war was lost for the Confederacy at Gettysburg.
On July 4, 1863, the Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi ended with the Confederate forces under General John Pemberton surrendering the city to the Union's Army of the Tennessee, led by General Ulysses S. Grant. The fall of Vicksburg left the Union in control of the entire Mississippi River. Control of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, combined with the naval blockade of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts was key to the North's Anaconda Strategy. The Anaconda Strategy was a plan to encircle the South with naval forces, cutting it off from supplies and food from all directions.
On the glorious Fourth of July 1863.
Vicksburg and GettysburgGuadalcanal and Midway .
Vicksburg and Gettysburg
Gettysburg (East) and Vicksburg (West). By chance these two great victories came at the same moment, and the news announced joyfully on the Fourth of July 1863.
There were two battles which marked the turning point of the war in favor of the Union: - The siege and surrendering of Vicksburg (May 19 to July 4, 1863 ) - The battle of Gettysburg (July 1 - 3, 1863)
The two Confederate victories at the 1st & 2nd Battles of Bull Run, occurred in July 1861 & August 1862, respectively. The Union victory at Gettysburg occurred in July 1863.
I think Chattanooga was the only city that saw two major battles - if Chattanooga was classified as a city in 1863.
1863. Gettysburg and Vicksburg.
General Lee invaded the state of Maryland in 1862 and was defeated at the Battle of Antietam September 17. His second invasion of the North was into Pennsylvania and there he was defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863.
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The chance 'double event' was the capture of Vicksburg, which ended the war in the West, and the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg, which ended Lee's hopes of threatening Washington. Both were announced on the same day - a jubilant Fourth of July in 1863.
There were two - both highly decisive. Vicksburg (Mississippi) and Gettysburg (Pennsylvania).