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During the American Civil War, the town, port, and fortress of Vicksburg, Mississippi, mattered for a variety of reasons. In 1863, when Union forces threatened it from various directions, it mattered for one reason above all else: it was the last remaining Southern fortress keeping the Union from controlling the Mississippi River and preventing the South from being cut in two.

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