Vicksburg

Vicksburg, the largest city of Mississippi, stands on a high, uneven bluff above the Mississippi River, 235 miles by rail NNW. of New Orleans. Cotton is shipped and railroad cars and iron are manufactured. The place was strongly fortified by the Confederates during the civil war, and repulsed several attacks; but after a siege by land and water from May 18, 1864, it was surrendered to Grant on 4th July, with nearly 30,000 men. Pop. (1890) 13,373.