ID: 901001622 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001622	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Battle of Vicksburg (American Civil War, 1863)

Note: Last in a series of battles and military actions known collectively as The Vicksburg Campaign. The focus of a campaign mounted by Union forces, the fortress city of Vicksburg was the last Confederate held stronghold on the Mississippi River. After prevuis attempts had failed, Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee finally crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate Army of Mississippi, led by Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton into the defensive lines surrounding the city. The Confederate surrender on July 4, 1863, following the siege at Vicksburg, is sometimes considered, along with Gen. Robert E. Lee's defeat at, the turning point of the war.

Display Date: 18 May - 4 July, 1863

Names:

	Battle of Vicksburg (American Civil War, 1863) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Vicksburg (Miss.) History Siege (American Civil War, 1863) (English,U,P)
	Seige of Vicksburg (American Civil War, 1863) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<North and South American history> (P)
		........<United States history> (P)
		............American Civil War (American history, 1861-1865) (P)
		................Battle of Vicksburg (American Civil War, 1863) (P)

Other Relationships:

	.... battle
	.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Vicksburg
	.....(Warren county, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America) (TGN)

	related to .... Vicksburg
	.....(Warren county, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America) (TGN)

	actor is .... John Clifford Pemberton (American Confederate general, 1814-1881)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	actor is .... Grant, Ulysses S. (American general and president, 1822-1885)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Sources:

	Battle of Vicksburg (American Civil War, 1863)
	................Civil War [online] (2000-) "The Battle of Vicksburg," accessed 25 October 2016
	Vicksburg (Miss.) History Siege (American Civil War, 1863)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85143173
	Seige of Vicksburg (American Civil War, 1863)
	................Solonick, Engineering Victory: The Union Siege of Vicksburg (2015) title

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Civil War [online] (2000-) "The Battle of Vicksburg," accessed 25 October 2016