<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" id="mw5g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Vicksburg" id="mw5w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of Vicksburg">Siege of Vicksburg</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" id="mw6A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> army in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicksburg,_Mississippi" id="mw6Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vicksburg, Mississippi">Vicksburg, Mississippi</a> surrenders to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" id="mw6g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a> forces under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" id="mw6w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a> after 47 days of siege, contributing to the Union capture of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River" id="mw7A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a>.<sup about="#mwt44" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"}}' id="cite_ref-6" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./July_4#cite_note-6" id="mw7Q" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw7g">[6]</span></a></sup>
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