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Northern Mississippi was the scene of much maneuvering during the summer of 1862. The Confederates were forced to empty Corinth in May in the face of heavy Union pressure, but they maintained two armies in the area. There were over 2500 people involved in this battle, Grant didn't want to give up that area near the Tennessee border because it was a ritual rail center. So the Union won by a lot.

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Jefferson Davis was president of the Confederate States of America, And hes fiercely defended the interests of the South in the growing sectional battle over slavery that would put the nation on the path to division and civil war. He was the youngest of ten children, was born in Fairview, Kentucky, but spent most of his childhood in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Jefferson presided over the South's creation of its own armed forces and acquisition of weapons.

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Mississippi Selected Library of Congress

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Mississippi Selected Library of Congress

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The Mississippi Selected Library of Congress is a collection of things from the Library of Congress that focuses on Mississippi's history,culture, and literature. Mississippi has strong literary tradition, producing reopened authors like William Faulkner and Eudora Welty. Mississippi also has a rich African American heritage with notable figures like civil rights leader Medgar Evers making important contributions to the fight for equality.

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William Barksdale was born in Smyrna, Tennessee, the son of William Barksdale and Nancy Hervey Lester Barksdale. And during the Civil War Barksdale's men guarded the Rappahannock River and slowed Union crossings at Fredericksburg; counterattacked into the West Woods at Antietam, smashing advancing Union force; and retook the high ground lost the day before at the Battle of Chancellorsville.

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Vicksburg’s strategic location on the Mississippi River made it a critical win for both the Union and the Confederacy. The Confederate surrender there ensured Union control of the Mississippi River and cleaved the South in two. The battle ended with the Union winning after a 47 day siege. Together with the Union victory at Gettysburg just a day before, Vicksburg marked a turning point in the fortunes of the Union army.