The 56th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Monument to 56th Illinois Infantry Regiment at Vicksburg National Military Park
Bronze relief portrait of Colonel Green B. Raum at Vicksburg National Military Park
Siege of Vicksburg
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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 Tenne
The Siege of Vicksburg - Assault on Fort Hill by Thure de Thulstrup
Statue of General Grant at Vicksburg National Military Park
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, Army of the Tennessee, USA
Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton, Army of Mississippi, CSA