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With its high bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River, Vicksburg, Mississippi was a key strategic point during the Civil War that was highly sought after by the Union Army. Despite several failed attempts, the Union was determined to break the Confederate stronghold and divide the southern states in half by taking control of the site.
145 years ago today, Union Major General Ulysses S. Grant ordered William Tecumseh Sherman to attack the city by the north. The attack was repelled, but was followed three days later by an all-out assault. Again unable to break the Confederate lines, Grant settled on encircling the city and laying siege by cutting off all lines of reinforcement and supplies and unleashing a constant barrage of cannon fire into Vicksburg; determined to starve the Confederate forces and citizens of Vicksburg into surrender.
The siege would last over a month and finally end on July 4 with a Confederate surrender, which coincidentally happened to closely coincide with Confederate General Robert E. Lee's defeat up north in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The two losses would mark a turning point in the Civil War and embolden the Union forces.
The Siege of Vicksburg would leave its scars on the city in more ways than one. Aside from the damage to buildings from munitions fire still evident in town today, visitors to the Military Park have reported witnessing the battle still being fought through phantom gunfire and screams or strange mists that appear out of nowhere. Like many of the battlefields of the Civil War, Vicksburg National Military Park has its share of ghost stories and strange phenomena, including the "Five Faces" memorial that is said to cry blood on occasion.
Visit the Hallowed Grounds of Vicksburg National Military Park.
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May 19, 2008, 3:21 pm |
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