‘eagle of the 8th’ by Don Troiani

siege and capture of Vicksburg (18 may – 4 july 1863)

source : ‘the atlas of the civil war’ by James M. McPherson, Courage Books, 2005

The army of the Tennessee crossed the Big Black river on may 17, and closed on Vicksburg.

Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg 1863

source : ‘the American civil war story’ BBC history magazine

In the first days of july 1863, two simultaneous military victories for the Union seemed to turn the tide in the war.