jan 29, 1863 - Battle/Siege of Vicksburg
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General Grant was put in command of the Army of the West, with orders to capture Vicksburg. It was a difficult assignment because the city, located east of the Mississippi, was on a high bluff overlooking a hairpin bend in the river.
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Abigail Cheyne 2nd civial war
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