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 Vicksburg, Mississippi Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ LocalColors.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Vicksburg is a city located in Warren County, Mississippi, 234 miles (377 km) north by west of New Orleans on the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers.
Willie Dixon was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 1, 1915.
Vicksburg served as the primary refugee gathering point and temporary housing during the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 which submerged an area of the Mississippi Delta nearly the size of New England.
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 Vicksburg, Mississippi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Between 1881 and 1896, the, a prominent steamboat company operating on the Mississippi River from 1859 to 1898, operated a steamboat called the City of Vicksburg, named for the city.
On 12 March 1894, the popular soft drink Coca-Cola was bottled for the first time in Vicksburg by Joseph Biedenharn.
Out of the total population, 34.8% of those under the age of 18 and 16.5% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
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 The Vicksburg Campaign May 1863 American Civil War Maps
Union General Ulysses S. Grant won several victories around Vicksburg, Mississippi, the fortified city considered essential to the Union's plans to regain control of the Mississippi River.
The siege of Vicksburg began with the repulse of the 22 May assault and lasted until 4 July 1 863.
As the siege progressed, Pemberton's 20,000-man garrison was reduced by disease and starvation, and the city's residents were forced to seek the refuge of caves and bombproofs in the surrounding hillsides, Hunger and daily bombardments by Grant's forces and Porter's gunboats compelled Pemberton to ask for surrender terms 3 July.
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 The Battle of Vicksburg
Following failures in the first attempts, the Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, the Yazoo Pass Expedition, and Steele's Bayou Expedition, in the spring of 1863 he prepared to cross his troops from the west bank of the Mississippi River to a point south of Vicksburg and drive against the city from the south and east.
Running past the powerful Vicksburg batteries, Porter's vessels, once south of the city, could ferry Federals to the east bank.
McClernand's and McPherson's corps were ferried east across the Mississippi from Hard Times 30 Apr. That day Grant sent word north for Sherman to follow McPherson's route south and join him.
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