What two battles were on July fourth 1863?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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.