Vicksburg, Mississippi, the last major Confederate outpost on the Mississippi River, surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant after a seven month campaign. By capturing the fortress city, commanded by Confederate General John Pemberton, the Union Navy controlled the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two.
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