The Siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War

The Siege of Vicksburg (May 18 - July 4, 1863) was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. In a series of maneuvers, Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate Army of Mississippi, led by Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton, into the defensive lines surrounding the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Oil painting. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)