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-Six-week assault by General Grant intended to starve out this Mississippi city. On July 4, 1863, the 30,000 Confederate troops holding the city surrendered. The victory gave the Union control of the Mississippi River and, together with Gettysburg, marked a major turning point of the war.
A)battle of Antietam
B)battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
C)battle of Gettysburg
D)battle of Shiloh
E)contraband of war
F)Emancipation Proclamation
G)Fort Sumter
H)King Cotton diplomacy
I)New York City draft riots
J)Sherman's March to the Sea
K)siege of Vicksburg
L)Union blockade

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The siege of Vicksburg was a six-week long assault led by General Grant in which 30,000 Confederate troops surrendered on July 4, 1863. This victory gave the Union control of the Mississippi River and marked a major turning point of the war.

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