Vicksburg campaign
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The Vicksburg campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War directed against Vicksburg, Mississippi, a fortress city that dominated the last Confedera
Lithograph of the Mississippi River Squadron running the Confederate blockade at Vicksburg on April 16, 1863
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA
Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton, CSA
View of Vicksburg vicinity and fortifications, 1863
John S. Bowen
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John Stevens Bowen was an American career Army officer who later became a general in the Confederate Army and a commander in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. He fought at the battles of
Bowen in the uniform of a lieutenant colonel of the Missouri Volunteer Militia.
Bust of John S. Bowen by Anton Schaaf at Vicksburg National Military Park, dedicated 1916