Vicksburg Campaign

When

29 Dec 1862 – 4 Jul 1863

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

32.35° N, 90.88° W

Description

military campaign during the American Civil War

Military campaign of the American Civil War

The Vicksburg campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War directed against Vicksburg, Mississippi, a fortress city that dominated the last Confederate-controlled section of the Mississippi River. The Union Army of the Tennessee under Major General Ulysses S. Grant gained control of the river by capturing this stronghold and defeating Lieutenant General John C.

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• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Der seit 2. November laufende erste Vicksburg-Feldzug der Union wird ergebnislos abgeblasen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “après des échecs répétés devant Vicksburg, Grant traverse le Mississippi et vainc Johnston à la bataille de Jackson”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page