The Union victory at the battle for and siege of Vicksburg was a major turning point in the U.S. Civil War. I decided to read this work by best-selling author Winston Groom after recently reading The State of Jones which gives a great background on Mississippi and the South before, during and after the “War Between the States” as some refer to this great tragedy in American history. My curiosity about 
Vicksburg (old courthouse on the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River above still remains) was piqued initially during a visit to the Vicksburg National Military Park a few years ago. The park has reconstructed the remains of the ironclad Cairo.
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