Hiram Ulysses Grant4 July 1863
Vicksburg falls to Union control, giving the Union command of a crucial section of the Mississippi River.
United States · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Vicksburg falls to Union control, giving the Union command of a crucial section of the Mississippi River.
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