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"The most thorough, detailed, and accurate books of their kind. I have used them to lead guided tours of several battlefields, with great success", -- James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom

In the same week that Union forces triumphed at Gettysburg, they also captured the river fortress at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Although much less memorialized than Gettysburg, the fall of Vicksburg was every bit as crucial to the Union cause.