Although the ships docking here today are riverboat casinos, Vicksburg's location on the Mississippi River was of such strategic importance during the Civil War that the city was called the Gibraltar of the Confederacy. In 1863, after a 47-day siege pitting Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Adm. David Dixon Porter against the Confederate forces of Gen. John Pemberton, the city surrendered. Vicksburg National Military Park outlines the positions of both armies. Learn More...
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