After weeks of fighting, Vicksburg falls to the Union. (18 mai 1863 – 4 juill. 1863)
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The 47-day Siege of Vicksburg eventually gave control of the Mississippi River—a critical supply line—to the Union, and was part of the Union's successful Anaconda Plan to cut off all trade to the Confederacy.
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