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Brig. Gen. Thomas N. Waul Waul's Texas Legion Monument, Vicksburg National Military Park Unit position marker at Vicksburg National Military Park. Waul's Texas Legion is known for repelling the Union Army breach of Confederate lines during Ulysses S. Grant's largest and final organized assault on the "Fortress City" of Vicksburg, on May 22, 1863.
Vicksburg is a historic city in Warren County, Mississippi, United States.It is the county seat. The population was 21,573 at the 2020 census. [5] Located on a high bluff on the east bank of the Mississippi River across from Louisiana, Vicksburg was built by French colonists in 1719.
In 1891, the Uptown Vicksburg Historic District was designed and arranged by city founder Rev. Newit Vick, and his son-in-law John Lane. [2] The Uptown district includes sixty-eight contributing buildings, one contributing site, one contributing fountain, and three contributing monuments.
Vicksburg National Military Park preserves the site of the American Civil War Battle of Vicksburg, waged from March 29 to July 4, 1863. The park, located in Vicksburg, Mississippi, flanking the Mississippi River, also commemorates the greater Vicksburg Campaign which led up to the battle. Reconstructed forts and trenches evoke memories of the ...
It was also the site where Pemberton surrendered the city to U.S. Major General Ulysses S. Grant on July 4, 1863. The house is owned by the National Park Service and is open to the public as part of Vicksburg National Military Park. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976. [2] [3]
Following this attack, President Ulysses S. Grant sent federal troops to Vicksburg. [2] [5] The killing continued south of the city, and some historians estimate that anywhere between 150 and 300 Black citizens were killed on January 5, 1875, when U.S. Army forces under Gen. Phil Sheridan arrived to secure the city.
Vicksburg most commonly refers to: Vicksburg, Mississippi, a city in western Mississippi, United States; The Vicksburg Campaign, an American Civil War campaign; The Siege of Vicksburg, an American Civil War battle; Vicksburg is also the name of some places in the United States: Vicksburg, Arizona
The Battle of Milliken's Bend was fought on June 7, 1863, as part of the Vicksburg Campaign during the American Civil War. Major General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union Army had placed the strategic Mississippi River city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, under siege in mid-1863.