Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1863, zoomable map

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Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1863, zoomable map

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Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, May 11, 2009.

Depicted ContentVicksburg Campaign

Depicted ContentVicksburg, MS

Depicted ContentAfter twice failing to storm the city, Union General Grant orders a siege at Vicksburg, Mississippi

Depicted ContentSecond Union attempt to take Vicksburg by infantry assault ends in bloody failure with 500 dead

Depicted ContentThe Union's Army of the Tennessee attempts the storming of Vicksburg but is beaten back

Depicted ContentOn the Mississippi, the Union's Army of the Tennessee completely surrounds Vicksburg

Depicted ContentIn Mississippi, the Siege of Vicksburg continues

Depicted ContentAfter forty-seven days of intense siege, Vicksburg surrenders to Grant's Army of the Tennessee

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View of Vicksburg and plan of the canal, fortifications & vicinity Surveyed by Lieut. L. A. Wrotnowski, Top: Engr. Drawn & lithogd. by A. F. Wrotnowski C.E.

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Indicates fortifications, location, type and names of boats, roads, railroads, levees, drainage, vegetation, and the names of a few residents.

Inscribed in the lower right hand corner "Major David C. Houston, Chief Engineer, 19th Army Corps, with the compliments from the author."

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