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US Naval commander Samuel P. Lee was the first Union commander to demand the surrender of Vicksburg Mississippi. This demand was made on May 18, 1862. Lee was the captain of the USS Oneida. Just prior to this the City of New Orleans was captured and Baton Rouge also fell. The Union navy then set its sights on Vicksburg.

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