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Photographer: William Bruce
Caption: A Negotiated Surrender Marker (moved to Visitor Center)
Additional Description: At 3 o'clock on the hot afternoon of July 3, 1863, General John C. Pemberton and General Ulysses S. Grant met here to discuss the surrender of Vicksburg. Although the generals failed to come to terms at this meeting, an exchange of letters late that night resulted in acceptable terms. The city and its garrison were surrendered by Pemberton on July 4. The fall of Vicksburg marked a turning point in the war as it gave the North undisputed control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two.
Submitted: March 25, 2015, by William Bruce of Madison, Wisconsin.
Database Locator Identification Number: p303696
File Size: 0.277 Megabytes

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