Fort Hill Blown Up at Vicksburg by Gen Hickenlooper
The article recounts General Andrew Hickenlooper leading a 30 day underground mine to destroy Fort Hill behind Vicksburg in 1863. Sixty Confederates died in the blast, a black soldier survived by landing back inside Union lines, and the explosion signaled a major Union assault. Hickenlooper, later Cincinnati Gaslight president, is described in retirement.
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American Press Association
Vicksburg
Fort Hill
Jackson
McPherson
Andrew Hickenlooper
Gen. Hickenlooper
Union
Hickenlooper
Blue Coats
Gen. Logan
Grant
Fort. Hill
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Gaslight Company
Boogs Troen
A War Song From Vicksburg Siege
Soldiers in Vicksburg sang a song about the siege to the tune of Listen to the Mocking Bird. The verses recall Parrott shells whistling and Minie balls, and mention tough mule meat during June and November.
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Vicksburg
Meeting at Vicksburg Oak Sealed Surrender Terms
A historic oak near Vicksburg marks the July 1863 parley between Grant and Pemberton that led to surrender negotiations. Grant refused Bowens offer of honors of war but agreed to parole Confederate officers and men with arms riders and rations.
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Grant
Pemberton
Ord
McPherson
Logan
4. J. Smith
Bowen
Col. Montgomery
Admiral Porter
Pembertoin
Vicksburg
Surrender at Vicksburg memorial and terms of parole
The text describes General Grant accepting Confederate terms for the surrender at Vicksburg on July 4 1863 after a battle where 31600 troops capitulated. It notes a monument on the oak site, a twenty foot pyramid with a globe, an eagle and Liberty Goddess, and an inscription honoring the surrender to Major General Ulysses S Grant.
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Pemberton
Grant
Goddess of Liberty
Vicksburg
J. C. Pemberton
U. G. Grant
Hoisting of Stars and Stripes at Vicksburg Courthouse
On Independence Day 1863 Union forces raised the national flag atop Vicksburg’s courthouse after a ceremony that lasted over an hour. General Rogan and Colonel Strong led the salute as the flag returned to the dome, ending more than two years of absence. A local poet, Dr. Blythe, celebrated the event in verse.
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Vicksburg
John A. Rogan
Wicks Court House
William B. Strong
Court House
Blythe
Louisiana
Suffering Behind Confederate Lines at Vicksburg
The excerpt recounts starvation in the Confederate siege of Vicksburg. Pemberton reduces forage, housing mules outside the lines, and soldiers subsist on corn meal and pea mash. Mutilated rations lead to mutiny threats. a letter from soldiers pleads for surrender to avoid death by hunger.
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America
Vicksburg
Pemberton
A Brave Drummer Boy Orion Howe Receives Naval Cadet Appointment
The story recalls Orion P. Howe of Waukegan, drummer in the Fifty-fifth Illinois, who, despite a leg wound at Vicksburg on May 19, requested cartridges for Col. Malmberg as he pressed toward the hospital. General Sherman, who recommended him, notes the brave boy’s courage and signal to Caliber 541 as the battle raged.
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Orion P. Howe
Illinois
Waukegan
Newport
W. T. Sherman
Young soldier recalls musket ball wound and duty
A letter to Secretary Stanton recalls a young man with a musket ball wound in his leg delivering a message at a fatal site. The writer emphasizes the rarity of the 64 caliber musket and praises the boy's potential as a man.
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Stanton
McPherson Idolized by Generals Voice Remembers Vicksburg
Gen Hickenlooper recalls the Vicksburg siege and a life changing moment with Gen McPherson. He praises McPherson as brilliant and magnetic while recounting a late night missed call that haunted him after McPherson’s death.
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Gen. Hickenlooper
Vicksburg
McPherson
Grant
Gen. McPherson
Gen. Strong
Hick
Justin
Coonskin’s Tower: Raider of Vicksburg’s Confederate Lines
A Union sharpshooter nicknamed Coonskin terrorized Confederate defenders at Vicksburg. From a raccoon fur cap he earned fame as an expert marksman, building a log tower from railroad ties that rose above the fortifications. He crawled nightly to observe and shoot from the timbered hideout, silencing enemy fire and striking target after target.
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Vicksburg
Seventeenth Army
Coonskin
Oonskin
Sofburg
Fey
Running the Batteries at Vicksburg Aboard a Tug
An account by Colburn to The World describes the night voyage from Milliken's Bend to Vicksburg with Junius Browne Albert Richardson and others. A ten inch shell exploded a boiler blowing the boat apart, fire and chaos followed, and the survivors, including Browne, Richardson, and Ward, were captured by Confederate forces and later held as prisoners.
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Junius Henri Browne
Albert D. Richardson
Mr. Colburn
Vicksburg
Milliken’s
A. B. Hine
Forty
Ohio
Ward
Davidson
Louisiana
Capt. Ward
Cear-Heads
Court House
Mr. Browne
Myself
Mr. Richardson
Secret Union fleet move near Vicksburg revealed to McPherson
A private Irish private sought access to General McPherson claiming he overheard plans for Union boats and transports moving past Vicksburg on April 10. McPherson warned the dangers of the mission and questioned how the information leaked.
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Vicksburg
McPherson
Mph
Gineral
Tye
Mortar Boats in Civil War Naval Warfare
The article explains mortar boats used on gulf and inland waters during the Civil War. It notes their heavy bell shaped mortars, rapid aiming ability, and deployment from Vicksburg in 1862. Mortars have history from early artillery to Joan of Arc and Crimean War use, with boats built broad to manage recoil.
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Gulf
Apothecary
Vicksburg
Joan of Arc
Whistling Dick the Confederate Gun at Vicksburg
Reminiscence recalls the hill battery at Vicksburg mounting the famed Confederate gun Whistling Dick. After Norfolk’s 1861 cannon surplus fed Southern batteries, Porter's fleet and Grant’s army attacked on May 22. A shot from the Mound City finally ended the gun’s career.
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Vicksburg
Whistling Dick
United States
Navy Yard
Norfolk
Gulf
Mississippi
Red Rivers
Grant
Admiral Porter
Oeselves
Mound City
Grant's Forty-Two Plans
The piece recounts Ulysses S. Grant's resilience during the Vicksburg stalemate in 1863. It notes harsh press criticism and Confederate arrogance before his river campaigns, highlighting his unseen mental strain and persistent planning despite repeated failures. A captured Union private recalls Grant's stubborn strategy, saying he has thirty-seven more plans in his pocket.
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Vicksburg
Grant
Louisiana
New Carthage
Deer Creek
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Gen. Hickerooper
Raphia
Appomattox
Lee
Kath Sciense
Grant and Pemberton
Triveny
Heroes Thunder
Brave Drummer Boy
M’pherson
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