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Vicksburg

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Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis both saw Vicksburg as
(blank) to the Confederacy.
the key
who said this quote>>>"Vicksburg is the nail head that holds the South's two halves together"
Jefferson Davis
The decisive battle for Vicksburg was fought at (blank)
Champion Hill, Mississippi
The Balfour House played host to a grand Christmas Ball on the night of (blank)
december 24, 1862
what was the name of the house that the Christmas Ball was at the night of the beginning of the Civil War
the Balfour House
On Dec. 12, 1862, the ironclad gunboat USS (blank) became the first ship in history to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.
cairo
The USS Cairo was sunk by a Confederate torpedo on December 12, 1862, in the (Blank) river
yahzoo river
White House, the Shirley home is the only wartime structure in the Vicksburg (blank) Park.
military
After weeks of tunneling, they had arrived at a spot directly underneath the 3rd Louisiana Redan, a stronghold on the Confederate fortification line. the 3rd Louisiana Redan, a stronghold on the (blank) line.
confederate fortification
This monument is a 122 ft. tall granite column topped with a bronze statue of Old Abe the War Eagle, the famous bald eagle mascot of the (blank)
8th Wisconsin Infantry
The Old Court House for Warren County is perched on one of the highest hills in (blank). It was completed in (blank)
Vicksburg, MS-- 1858
who said this quote--"If you can't feed us, you had better surrender us, horrible as the idea is, than suffer this noble army to disgrace themselves by desertion."
signed by John C. Pemberton's soldiers, to him
Missouri was a (blank) state where slavery was (blank), but it didn't secede and join the (blank)
border- legal- confederacy
The state of Missouri contributed (blank) Union units and (blank) Confederate units to the Vicksburg campaign. (blank) fought against each other.
27-15- brothers
The Mississippi State (blank) is located on Confederate (blank)
memorial- avenue
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