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Vicksburg Campaign
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Vicksburg Campaign
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
Maj. Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant
gained control of the river by capturing this stronghold and defeating
Lt. Gen.
John C. Pemberton
's forces stationed there.
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