Who won the battle at Vicksburg? General John C. Pemberton and the Confederate Army surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces on July 4, 1863.
Where was the U.S.S. Cairo Gunboat found? The U.S.S. Cairo was sunk by a Confederate torpedo on December 12, 1862 in the Yazoo River, 13 miles North of Vicksburg. It was identified in 1956 and raised in 1964.
Did You Know?
In 1903, Massachusetts was the first state to erect a memorial to its soldiers who served during the Vicksburg campaign on the grounds of Vicksburg National Military Park?