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This article was written by Jim Beaugez. The surrender of Vicksburg by Confederate Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton to Union forces led by Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on July 4, 1863, brought swift change to ...

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The tragedy that was the Civil War had ... starting point of Vicksburg, Mississippi, the site of a bloody 47-day siege with a large national cemetery and physical scars all around as reminders. Though ...

Iran will respond immediately and decisively if its nuclear sites are attacked which would lead to an "all-out war in the region," Tehran's foreign minister told Al Jazeera TV in an interview aired on ...

The tragedy that was the Civil War had been over for barely two ... off those concerns and headed to his starting point of Vicksburg, Mississippi, the site of a bloody 47-day siege with a large ...

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