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On the hills and ravines surrounding the
Mississippi city of Vicksburg, two massive armies
gathered in the spring and summer of 1863 for a
bloody struggle that held the eventual fate of
Confederacy in the balance.
The Battle of Vicksburg was the culmination of a
two-year Union effort to re-take the Mississippi
River. The Northern victory here achieved two
results that would assure the doom of the fight for
Southern independence. First, the taking of the city
ended Confederate control of its greatest natural
waterway, effectively splitting the South down the
middle and ending hope of future reinforcement or
resupply from areas west of the Mississippi.
Second, his dramatic victory at Vicksburg assured
the continued rise of Generals U.S. Grant and W.T.
Sherman to the ultimate command of the Union
armies. Their strategies would bring the South to
its knees less than two years later.
Today, much of the battlefield is preserved within
the Vicksburg National Military Park. Miles of
surviving fortifications can still be seen, along with
cannon, monuments, interpretive displays and
surviving wartime roads and structures.
To learn more about the Battle of Vicksburg and
the National Military Park, please follow the links to
the right. If you have questions, feel free to email
us by clicking the "Contact Us" link at the top of
this page. We'll do our best to find an answer for
you!
Mississippi city of Vicksburg, two massive armies
gathered in the spring and summer of 1863 for a
bloody struggle that held the eventual fate of
Confederacy in the balance.
The Battle of Vicksburg was the culmination of a
two-year Union effort to re-take the Mississippi
River. The Northern victory here achieved two
results that would assure the doom of the fight for
Southern independence. First, the taking of the city
ended Confederate control of its greatest natural
waterway, effectively splitting the South down the
middle and ending hope of future reinforcement or
resupply from areas west of the Mississippi.
Second, his dramatic victory at Vicksburg assured
the continued rise of Generals U.S. Grant and W.T.
Sherman to the ultimate command of the Union
armies. Their strategies would bring the South to
its knees less than two years later.
Today, much of the battlefield is preserved within
the Vicksburg National Military Park. Miles of
surviving fortifications can still be seen, along with
cannon, monuments, interpretive displays and
surviving wartime roads and structures.
To learn more about the Battle of Vicksburg and
the National Military Park, please follow the links to
the right. If you have questions, feel free to email
us by clicking the "Contact Us" link at the top of
this page. We'll do our best to find an answer for
you!
The Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi
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