<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" id="mw3w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Port_Hudson" id="mw4A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of Port Hudson">Siege of Port Hudson</a> ends in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" id="mw4Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a> victory and, along with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Vicksburg" id="mw4g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of Vicksburg">fall of Vicksburg</a> five days earlier, gives the Union complete control of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River" id="mw4w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a>.<sup about="#mwt56" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"}}' id="cite_ref-9" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./July_9#cite_note-9" id="mw5A" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw5Q">[9]</span></a></sup>
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