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The Battle of Vicksburg in Mississippi split the Confederacy in two. In this conflict, Union soldiers led by Ulysses S. Grant drove the Confederates out of their stronghold in the fortress city of Vicksburg.
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∙ 8y agoThe city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, was surrounded by high clay bluffs that were used as a fortification that allowed the Confederates to shell any Union boat that traveled the Mississippi River and to defend against attacks by land.
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