Thursday, December 18, 2014

View of Confederate-held Vicksburg Said to be Taken While Under Confederate Fire During the Siege of Vicksburg (1863)


"Vicksburg, taken under fire." View of Confederate-held Vicksburg from Union lines across the Mississippi River which was said to be taken while under Confederate fire during the Siege of Vicksburg, 1863. Caption written by Assistant Surgeon George H. Bixby. From Miller’s Photographic History of the Civil War.

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