<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" id="mwsQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" id="mwsg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a> forces under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" id="mwsw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a> begin the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Vicksburg" id="mwtA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of Vicksburg">Siege of Vicksburg</a> during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicksburg_campaign" id="mwtQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vicksburg campaign">Vicksburg campaign</a> in order to take full control of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River" id="mwtg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a>.<sup about="#mwt38" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-5"}}' id="cite_ref-5" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_18#cite_note-5" id="mwtw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwuA">[5]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-5"><cite about="#mwt35" class="citation web cs1" id="mwBww"><a class="external text" href="https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/vicksburg" id="mwBw0" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Vicksburg"</a>. <i id="mwBw4">Battlefields.org</i>. American Battlefield Trust<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBw8">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBxA">May 17,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt35" class="Z3988" id="mwBxE" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Battlefields.org&amp;rft.atitle=Vicksburg&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.battlefields.org%2Flearn%2Fcivil-war%2Fbattles%2Fvicksburg&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMay+18"></span></span>