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Audiobook: Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi

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[1/4] Part 1 Vicksburg And The Mississippi; The First Moves Against Vicksburg; Grant’s First Failure At Vicksburg; The Geographical Problem Of Vicksburg; Grant’s Canal; Duckport Canal; Lake Providence Expedition; The Yazoo Pass Expedition; The Steele’s Bayou Expedition

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In the American Civil War, the Vicksburg campaign (December 1862-July 1863) was a pivotal victory for the Union under the generalship of Ulysses S. Grant, who as a result was promoted by President Lincoln to command of all the North’s military forces. Historian James M. McPherson called Vicksburg “The most brilliant and innovative campaign of the Civil War.” A U.S. Army field manual called it “the most brilliant campaign ever fought on American soil.” National Park Service Historical Manual number 21 published in 1954. - Summary by David Wales