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.
battle of vicksburg and gettysburg
My Dad's uncle's uncles fought in the war and he said they said they won Vicksburg and Gettysburg
Texas and Arkansas
Two key victories for the continental army
Gettysburg was THE key victory for the Union. Vicksburg gave the Union control of the Mississippi, and divided the Confederacy in two.
Vicksburg and Gettysburg
Two union victories: New Orleans and Fort Fisher (Wilmington)
No, they are two separate armies.
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.
Confederate victories were largely the result of Robert Lee and Jefferson Davis.
Vicksburg and Gettysburg
There were two main goals of the union army. The first goal was to preserve the union, and the second goal was to abolish slavery.