28 dic 1862 anni - battle 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

Siege of Vicksburg. Image. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 1 Nov. 2017. school.eb.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/221107. Accessed 24 Jan. 2018.