This map dating to late 1800s shows Vicksburg and the approaches to the city during the Civil War. The Battle of Vicksburg, which took place in 1863, was a decisive Union victory during the American Civil War. The battle was part of the Union's Anaconda Plan to cut off trade to the Confederacy. The Union's Major General Ulysses S. Grant led the forces besieging Vicksburg, a Confederate stronghold located on the east bank of the Mississippi River.

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