The War Between the States, part of the Riverfront Murals, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
The CSS ironclad, Arkansas helped defeat the Union Navy in an unsuccessful attempt to take Vicksburg, Mississippi during the spring of 1862. A year later after a 47 day siege by Union troops under the command of Ulysses S. Grant Vicksburg surrendered on July 4th, 1863.
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