Siege of Vicksburg

When

18 May 1863 – 4 Jul 1863

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

32.34° N, 90.85° W

Description

1863 battle of the American Civil War

Battle of the American Civil War

The siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. In a series of maneuvers, Union major general Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate Army of Mississippi, led by Lieutenant General John C.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “American Civil War: The siege of Vicksburg begins (ends July 4, when 30,189 Confederate men surrender)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ulysses S. Grants Truppen siegen in der Schlacht um Vicksburg”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Vicksburg durante la Guerra de Secesión”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “南北戦争： ビックスバーグの包囲戦（ - 7月4日）”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• American Civil War12 Apr 1861 · Civil war