Battle+at+Viksburg

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 * __Battle at Vicksburg__ **
 * Along time ago during the civil war there was a battle that took place in Vicksburg, Mississippi. This war was between the confederates and the union and took place from May 18th to July 4th in 1863. **
 * This war ended up another win for the union, which were people in the north that were against slavery. On May 19th through the 22nd the union __besieged__ the confederates [which were the people fighting in the ****south] with large amounts of troops. Now the confederates, who were low on supplies, food, and man power, had large amounts of casualties. And the war still went on all the way to July 4th of 1863 when the ****union won the Battle of Vicksburg against the confederates. -JF **

**__ Key Terms __** **__Besiege __**** ~ means to crowd around, or to surround.-JF ** **__Confederates __**** ~ were the people fighting to keep slavery in the south.-JF **
 * __Union__ ~ were the people in the north fighting to stop slavery all across the United States.-JF **

**__ Links __** [|**http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Battle_of_Vicksburg.com**]**. -This website is where I got easily more than half of my information from. I thought this was a good website because it had lots of information and also had pictures that went along with the paragraphs.-JF ** [|**http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-vicksburg.htm.org**]**. –this source was one of the other sources I used. This one had a lot of information but was very long so I kind of had to skim it. But overall it was useful.-JF **

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 * I got this as my primary source. This is a picture of a sign on a gate leading to where the Battle of Vicksburg took place. ** **[Found on Google image].-JF **

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 * For my picture I chose to get a map of how the union troops surrounded the confederates during the Battle at Vicksburg. [The union is blue and confederates are red].-JF **

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">The Battle at Vicksburg is pretty important to the Civil war because of the fact that it was a win for the union. Since the union won the war which meant that slave would be freed, every win for the union got the confederates that much closer to surrendering. Also this war had many casualties on the side of the confederates who must have weekend there army and made for an easier defeat. Lastly this battle was significant because any time you have thousands of people being killed it isn’t good.-JF **

__Work Cited__

1. "Battle of Vicksburg." //Info: Main Page - New World Encyclopedia//. 13 May 2011. Web. 13 June 2011. <http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/>.

2. "Besiege." //Dictionary.com | Find the Meanings and Definitions of Words at Dictionary.com//. Web. 13 June 2011. <http://Dictionary.com>.

3. King, David C. //The Battle of Vicksburg//. Woodbridge, CT: Blackbirch, 2001. Print.

4. Werstein, Irving .. "Civil War United States." //World Book//. Vol. C. Dabury: Grolier,. 134-42. Print.


 * **<span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">Joey Fox **