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On This Date in Civil War History: Vicksburg Campaign - May-July 1863
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal During the winter of 1862-1863, Union Major General Ulysses S. Grant made several unsuccessful forays to capture the strategic fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. A combination of swampy bogs along the Yazoo River north … Continue reading
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