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Podcast: Battles Of The American Civil War
Episode: Vicksburg
Description: We have finally made it to Vicksburg! Grant has been trying to take this city since basically the start of the war and he finally manages to surround Vicksburg and start a siege. The siege ends on July 4th and between this and Gettysburg, which ended July 3rd, these events were seen as the turning point of the war.