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    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. Located...
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    The Vicksburg campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War directed against Vicksburg, Mississippi, a...
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    surrounding the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, leading to the successful siege and Confederate surrender. Vicksburg was the last major Confederate...
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    of Mississippi. Its western border is formed by the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,722. Its county seat is Vicksburg. Established...
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    1863. The park, located in Vicksburg, Mississippi, flanking the Mississippi River, also commemorates the greater Vicksburg Campaign which led up to the...
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  • Vicksburg most commonly refers to: Vicksburg, Mississippi, a city in western Mississippi, United States The Vicksburg Campaign, an American Civil War...
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    December 7, 1874, that continued until around January 5, 1875, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. An estimated 150–300 Black citizens, and 2 White...
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    Battle of Chickasaw Bayou (category Vicksburg campaign)
    William T. Sherman that was intended to lead to the capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi. On December 26, three Union divisions under Sherman disembarked...
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    The 1953 Vicksburg, Mississippi tornado was a deadly F5 tornado that struck Vicksburg, Mississippi on Saturday, December 5, 1953. A total of 38 people...
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    Grant's Canal (category Vicksburg National Military Park)
    canal through De Soto Point in Louisiana, across the Mississippi River from Vicksburg, Mississippi. During the American Civil War, the Union Navy attempted...
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    brown-water navy battle for control of the Mississippi River and its tributaries as part of the Vicksburg Campaign from 1862 to 1863. At only nineteen...
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  • Miss Mississippi is a scholarship pageant and a preliminary of Miss America. The contest began in 1934, has been held in Vicksburg since 1958, and provides...
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    joining the Mississippi at Arkansas Post; the Big Black River in Mississippi; and the Yazoo River, meeting the Mississippi at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Deliberate...
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    Yazoo River (category Rivers of Mississippi)
    river parallels the Mississippi River in the latter's floodplain for some distance before joining it north of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Natural levees which...
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    The Magnolias is a historic house in Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S.. It is a two-story, framed Late Victorian style residence built between c. 1877 – c. 1880...
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    moved to Waukegan, Illinois as a child George Flaggs Jr., mayor of Vicksburg, Mississippi Johnny Fuller, blues and rock 'n' roll musician Otis Harris, track...
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    Grierson's Raid (category Vicksburg campaign)
    diversion from Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's main attack plan on Vicksburg, Mississippi. Early in 1863, Major General Charles Hamilton, the commander of...
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    Vicksburg Bridge is a cantilever bridge carrying Interstate 20 and U.S. Route 80 across the Mississippi River between Delta, Louisiana and Vicksburg,...
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    1863, in Jackson, Mississippi, as part of the Vicksburg campaign during the American Civil War. After entering the state of Mississippi in late April 1863...
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    Downtown Vicksburg in the Mississippi River Commission Building. The Mississippi Valley Division building in Vicksburg, Mississippi The Mississippi River...
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  • Vicksburg High School is in Vicksburg, Mississippi. It is at 3701 Drummond Street. As of 2023 the school has about 714 students. The student body is about...
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    CSS Colonel Lovell. In actions south of Vicksburg, Mississippi, she severely damaged the CSS City of Vicksburg and captured four transport ships supplying...
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  • African-American millionaires. A'Lelia Walker was born Lelia McWilliams in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1885, the daughter of Moses and Sarah (née Breedlove) McWilliams...
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    of Vicksburg, Mississippi; and commissioned at the Norfolk Navy Yard on 12 June 1944, with Captain William C. Vose in command. Vicksburg received two battle...
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  • surrender of the last Confederate strongholds on the Mississippi River, Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 4, 1863 and of Port Hudson, Louisiana on July...
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    Battle of Milliken's Bend (category Vicksburg campaign)
    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...
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    Willie Dixon (category Musicians from Vicksburg, Mississippi)
    Hall of Fame, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Dixon was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on July 1, 1915. He was one of 14 children. His mother, Daisy,...
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    Army of Mississippi from December 1862 to July 1863 and was the commanding officer during the Confederate surrender at the Siege of Vicksburg. Pemberton...
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    Parkway Tupelo National Battlefield in Tupelo Vicksburg National Military Park and Cemetery in Vicksburg Mississippi City Population Rankings of at least 50...
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    history. Vicksburg was the site of the Siege of Vicksburg, a decisive victory as the Union forces gained control of the entire Mississippi River and...
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