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The Union used multiple types of tactics against the city fortress of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The first assaults began in 1862 and Union gunboats tried to disable the city by using gunboat fire. This did not work. Another tactic was to try and divert the flow of the Mississippi River and thereby enable Union forces to place artillery in a better position to bombard Vicksburg. This proved to be to difficult to accomplish and was abandoned. Finally, the successful tactic was the siege of Vicksburg. Running low on food and hit with diseases, Vicksburg was captured by US Grant's siege of the city. Vicksburg surrendered on July 4, 1863.

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