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Vicksburg, Siege of
Vicksburg, Siege of (1863) Fourteenth-month assault by Union forces under General Ulysses S.
Grant during the American
Civil War. The capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi, on July 4, 1863, gave the Union control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two.
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USS VICKSBURG RETURNS FROM GULF
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/25/2008; 668 words
; ...press release: By Ensign Drew PerciballiUSS Vicksburg Public Affairs USS Vicksburg (CG 69) and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Light...Jan. 25. Over the course of her deployment, Vicksburg served as air defense commander for the Kearsarge...
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Battle over Vicksburg convention center continues: Warren County residents question equity of latest action. (Focus: Hotels and Convention Centers)
Magazine article from: Mississippi Business Journal; 3/9/1992; ; 700+ words
; Vicksburg is turning away conventions--sometimes...Lenore Barkley, executive director of Vicksburg Tourist and Convention Bureau, "because...referendum and the tax to the city of Vicksburg. Vicksburg residents gave the go ahead...
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Vicksburg canal projects become deadly debacles.(Saturday)(The Civil War)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 12/13/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Mississippi River away from heavily fortified Vicksburg. Even today, the mighty river follows...was even worse. From a point north of Vicksburg, the river flowed southeast to its junction...made a sharp right turn to flow past Vicksburg, on the east bank. Inside this sharp...
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Port of Vicksburg reports record river traffic
Magazine article from: The Mississippi Business Journal; 7/23/2001; ; 700+ words
; VICKSBURG - Last year, 360 barges, 1,200 rail cars and 11,000 trucks passed through the Port of Vicksburg, contributing to a total of 3.6 million tons of products handled at the Vicksburg Harbor. The record amount of tonnage was...
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Ameristar Vicksburg's Casino Expansion and Parking Garage Opens to Public for Memorial Day Weekend.
PR Newswire; 5/22/2008; 700+ words
; ...expansion adds more slots and table games VICKSBURG, Miss., May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall...will open to guests at Ameristar Casino Vicksburg on Friday, May 23 at 6 p.m. The much...We are very excited that Ameristar Vicksburg's major expansion project is opening...
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Despite budget and staff cuts Vicksburg National Military Park continues to play important role
Magazine article from: The Mississippi Business Journal; 2/16/1998; ; 700+ words
; VICKSBURG -- History has been Vicksburg's greatest enemy -- and her greatest ally. In the 1860s, Vicksburg held a population of about 5,000 and a bustling river trade. Perched high on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River, the town...
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`Super' vote on Devens ; Sessions to decide Vicksburg zoning; Region
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/7/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...to vote tomorrow night on the fate of Vicksburg Square, a cluster of historic buildings...residential housing at the massive, mothballed Vicksburg buildings, and to exempt the project...together" on major development issues. Vicksburg Square has been a longstanding frustration...
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Brigham Exploration Announces High Rate Vicksburg Completion, Two Unsuccessful High Reserve Potential Tests and Provides an Operational Update.
PR Newswire; 1/3/2007; 700+ words
; ...Exploration Company announced a high rate Vicksburg completion with its Sullivan C-33 and...Status/Comments Wells Sullivan C-33 Vicksburg 100% 76% Floyd Fault Block Field well...plugs on other pay zones Dawson #1S Vicksburg 100% 76% Plan to commence sidetrack...
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Brigham Exploration Announces Vicksburg Field Discovery, Other Discoveries And Provides Operational Update.
PR Newswire; 1/12/2004; 700+ words
; ...announced the discovery of its Floyd South Vicksburg Field in the onshore Gulf Coast, other...operational activity. ONSHORE GULF COAST VICKSBURG Floyd South Field Discovery - Brigham...part of the previously announced new Vicksburg joint ventures, encountered approximately...
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United States: Brigham Exploration Announces Vicksburg and Williston Basin Red River Discoveries.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 6/4/2008; 700+ words
; ...the successful completion of two additional Vicksburg wells, and as a result its Vicksburg net production is approaching record levels...101 million to $135 million. South Texas Vicksburg Successful Vicksburg Development Drilling...
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Vicksburg campaign
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Vicksburg campaign in the American Civil War...spring of 1862, but an attempt to take Vicksburg, Miss., by water failed (May-June...river between Port Hudson, La., and Vicksburg. Early in Nov., 1862, Gen. Ulysses...
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Vicksburg in the Civil War
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
VICKSBURG IN THE CIVIL WAR VICKSBURG IN THE CIVIL WAR. With the fall of New Orleans to Union forces in April 1862, the importance of Vicksburg, Miss., for control of the Mississippi River became evident...
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Vicksburg, Siege of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Vicksburg, Siege of (1863).The fall of New...in April 1862 made the bluff city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, the key to control of...base at Holly Springs and members of Vicksburg's garrison under Major General John...
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Vicksburg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Vicksburg city (1990 pop. 20,908), seat of...petroleum refining and food processing; Vicksburg's many manufactures include asphalt...came into U.S. possession in 1798. Vicksburg became a busy river port, and in the...
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Vicksburg Riots
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
VICKSBURG RIOTS VICKSBURG RIOTS. The Vicksburg riots were civil disorders in Vicksburg, Mississippi, that began on 7 December 1874. Other such incidents also occurred in the latter part of the Reconstruction period, after President Ulysses...
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