Jefferson Davis countermanded his order for the evacuation of Vicksburg, and, as he had feared, he proved unable to relieve the city. |
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As for operations in the west, Grant slipped south of Vicksburg and crossed to the east bank of the Mississippi river. |
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After Grant outflanked the Confederates and encircled Vicksburg, they stood him off for weeks. |
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Others will be struck more by the archaic nature of the Vicksburg campaign. |
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Despite two consecutive fracturings conducted in the Vicksburg sands this well is non productive. |
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The Gray and Blue Naval Museum contains a diorama of the siege of Vicksburg and the world's largest collection of Civil War gunboat models. |
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The Vicksburg sands encountered were fractured and a build up test conducted. |
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It's a short drive out of Vicksburg, on the Yazoo River, near where it flows into the Mississippi. |
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In 1933, Ben Shahn loaned Walker Evans a right-angle viewfinder, which he took on assignment to Vicksburg, Mississippi. |
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A sand level in the Frio formation provided some gas shows while drilling although no gas shows were noticed in the Vicksburg sands. |
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He was his own worst enemy and his rash violation of Grant's departmental regulations caused his removal from command of his corps shortly before the fall of Vicksburg. |
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He attributes the major Confederate defeats in 1863 at Vicksburg and Missionary Ridge to this class conflict. |
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The periods indicated by the sediment record correspond to historic records of high river flow recorded by instruments at Vicksburg, Mississippi. |
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Thanks to all who entered, and congratulations to our winner, Patricia Hoseman of Vicksburg. |
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In honor of the Sesquicentennial, the Vicksburg National Military Park in Vicksburg, MS hosted a Grand Illumination event. |
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Gulf Coast, the Oligocene Vicksburg and Frio Formations contain major petroleum reservoirs in the Rio Grande embayment. |
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Dressed rats hung alongside mule meat in the market. Federal troops lived off the land, so other Mississippians suffered almost as much as those entrapped in Vicksburg. |
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Numerous gas shows were observed while drilling and others sands levels are currently being completed and evaluated, more particularly the third and fourth Vicksburg sands which have a well-developed thickness. |
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Three productive Vicksburg sand levels were encountered and fractured. |
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Then Christmas Day dawned, and there was Vicksburg lifted two hundred feet above the fever swamps, her court-house shining in the morning sun. |
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The 1863 Union Siege of Vicksburg split the Confederacy in two at the Mississippi River. |
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Only the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, prevented Union control of the entire river. |
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He learned about Gettysburg and Vicksburg, Manassas, and Antietam. |
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A well will ultimately test what are believed to be Vicksburg sands developed around and closed on the flanks of a shale diapir. |
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The 34th annual Vicksburg Run Thru History 10k road race, 5k walk, and 1-mile fun run through the Vicksburg National Military Park happen each year, rain or shine. |
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The plain is narrow in the south and widens north of Vicksburg. |
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After the fall of Vicksburg in July 1863, General Kirby Smith in Texas was informed by Jefferson Davis that he could expect no further help from east of the Mississippi River. |
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Legendary Vicksburg caterer Helen Abraham provided an extravagant menu of party favorites, with the Lebanese kibbeh disappearing as fast as it was replenished. |
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Pictures are shown of Captain Felix Hughes, organizer of the Sarsfield Southrons in Vicksburg, and Major General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne of Helena, Arkansas. |
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