The artillery consisted of muzzle loading rifled cannons. The infantry carried, primarily, muzzle loading Springfield percussion cap rifles and socket bayonets. Officers carried percussion cap revolvers and a sword. Cavalry troopers fired breech loading Sharps carbines and percussion cap revolvers, and carried sabers instead of bayonets.
The Battle of Vicksburg gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
the battle of vicksburg
The Battle of Vicksburg started on May 18th 1863. The Battle of Vicksburg ended on July 4th 1863.
The battle of Vicksburg.
The called it the Battle of Vicksburg, though, it was actually a siege.
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It was called the Vicksburg Campaign.
The battle of Vicksburg
The Battle of Vicksburg is also called the Siege of Vicksburg
It is called the Vicksburg Campaign.
Vicksburg, Mississippi, is the answer.
1869 IMPROVEMENT. The siege or the battle of Vicksburg begin on May 7, 1863.