Vicksburg - The Battle for the Mississippi River

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One of the biggest battles between the Union and the Confederates was in Vicksburg. The Union wanted to control the Mississippi and so split the Confederates. After a long, long battle Grant succeed in Vicksburg (Gibraltar of the Mississippi) and the battlefield is now a national park. Very interesting was to see the Ironclad Cairo war ship with which the Union controlled the river.