Today in 1863: Lt. Gen. John Pemberton asks Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant for terms. Vicksburg, MS surrenders the next day. Thus ends a 6-week siege. Union now controls the Mississippi River, & severs AR, TX & western LA from the Confederacy-what the Brits failed to do at Saratoga.
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Pretty good follow-up with Chattanooga. I remember a list of the 20 most important Americans that included Grant. Lincoln was, of course, on that list. No President carried a greater burden and succeeded when the nation faced a greater peril.
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