MAG America The Beautiful Quarters SET # 1
2011 S SILVER VICKSBURG

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The park’s commemoration of the American Civil War Battle of Vicksburg also includes the greater Vicksburg Campaign which led up to it. Whereas the battle itself consisted of a 47-day siege that ran from May 18 to July 4, 1863, the campaign actually started in December of the previous year.In those months leading up to the actual battle, forces of the Confederate States of America continued to entrench themselves within the city as the Union Army of the United States of America prepared to attack. Union forces even began to dig a canal as a means to circumnavigate the Vicksburg stronghold during the months leading up to the battle. Today, Vicksburg receives an estimated 700,000 annual visitors, many of whom take the time to view the restored USS Cairo which is on display there.