# Canonical recap data for Siege of Vicksburg (1863)
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slug: siege-vicksburg
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1863/siege-vicksburg"
title: Siege of Vicksburg
subtitle: The Union's decisive siege and victory at Vicksburg split the Confederacy and gave Lincoln full control of the Mississippi River.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1863-05-18
endDate: 1863-07-04
datePrecision: day
year: 1863
decade: 1860
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: The siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. In a series of maneuvers, Union Major General Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate Army of Mississippi, led by Lieutenant General John C. Pemb
summaryLong: The siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. In a series of maneuvers, Union Major General Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate Army of Mississippi, led by Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton, into the defensive lines surrounding the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, leading to the successful siege and Confederate surrender.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Thure_de_Thulstrup_-_Siege_of_Vicksburg_-_Assault_on_Fort_Hill.jpg/1280px-Thure_de_Thulstrup_-_Siege_of_Vicksburg_-_Assault_on_Fort_Hill.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Siege of Vicksburg"
importance: 84
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Vicksburg"
  title: Siege of Vicksburg
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: The siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. In a series of maneuvers, Union Major General Ul
wikidataQid: Q1066253
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260621103014/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Vicksburg"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-21
  label: Siege of Vicksburg
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Vicksburg"
taxonomy:
domain: military
eventTypes:
- war
canonicalClasses:
- conflict
impactRadius: regional
velocity: sudden
predictability: forecastable
intentionality: coordinated
domainCoupling: single_domain
