File:Map of the rebel position at Vicksburg, Miss., May 1863. LOC gvhs01.vhs00140.jpg

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English: Shows the Union troops surrounding the Confederate fortified city of Vicksburg, Miss., with blockades and forces on both sides of the Mississippi River. Shows the locations of outlying Confederate forts and other defenses including extensive use of abatis and felled trees to hinder overland advances. The map also indicates the position of Union gunboats on the Mississippi River south of the town of Warrenton, and the lines of Union troops to the east and west of Vicksburg.
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Map of the rebel position at Vicksburg, Miss., May 1863.
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https://www.loc.gov/item/001-CABIB20009355/
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Source https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00140/
Author Sneden, Robert Knox
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United States · Confederate States Of America · Mississippi · Vicksburg
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Military Battles And Campaigns · American Memory · Civil War Maps · Geography And Map Division
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Vicksburg (Miss.) · Mississippi · Fortification · Siege · Civil War · Confederate States Of America · Maps · Vicksburg · United States · History

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