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Map of the rebel position at Vicksburg, Miss., May 1863.
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Map of the rebel position at Vicksburg, Miss., May 1863.

Shows the Union troops surrounding the Confederate fortified city of Vicksburg, Miss., with blockades and forces on both sides of the Mississippi River. Shows the locations of outlying Confederate forts and other defenses including extensive use of abatis and felled trees to hinder overland advances. The map also indicates the position of Union gunboats on the Mississippi River south of the town of Warrenton, and the lines of Union troops to the east and west of Vicksburg.

Date
1863
Mapmaker / publisher
Sneden, Robert Knox
Place
Mississippi
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
1,763 × 2,100 pixels

Public domainsafest

Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"Map of the rebel position at Vicksburg, Miss., May 1863." (1863). Sneden, Robert Knox. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_rebel_position_at_Vicksburg,_Miss.,_May_1863._LOC_gvhs01.vhs00140.jpg

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