23h 13min, jan 24, 1863 y - Vicksburg
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The confederate states of America wanted to split itself into two by winning a river in Vicksburg. Southerners surrounded the town and starved it into surrender. winning the confederacy divided the union (north).
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23h 13min, jan 24, 1863 y
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~ 161 years ago