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===Civil War=== During the [[American Civil War]] (1861β1865), the city finally surrendered during the [[Siege of Vicksburg]], after which the [[Union Army]] gained control of the entire Mississippi River. The 47-day siege was intended to starve the city into submission. Its location atop a high bluff overlooking the Mississippi River proved otherwise impregnable to assault by federal troops. The surrender of Vicksburg by Confederate General [[John C. Pemberton]] on July 4, 1863, together with the defeat of General [[Robert E. Lee]] at [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]] the day before, has historically marked the [[Turning point of the American Civil War|turning point]] of the Civil War in the Union's favor. From the surrender of Vicksburg until the end of the war in 1865, the area was under Union military occupation.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Cotton |first1=Gordon |title=With Malice Toward Some : The Military Occupation of Vicksburg, 1864 - 1865 |last2=Mason |first2=Ralph |publisher=Vicksburg and Warren County Historical Society |year=1991}}</ref> Celebrations of the 4th of July, the day of surrender, were irregular until 1947. The ''[[Vicksburg Evening Post]]'' of July 4, 1883, called July 4 "the day we don't celebrate",<ref>{{cite news |date=July 4, 1883 |title=Local Items |page=4 |newspaper=Vicksburg Evening Post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34831371/vicksburg_doesnt_celebrate_july_4/ |access-date=August 12, 2019 |archive-date=August 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812221924/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34831371/vicksburg_doesnt_celebrate_july_4/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and another Vicksburg newspaper, the ''Daily Commercial Appeal'', in 1888 hoped that a political victory would bring an enthusiastic celebration the following year.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 4, 1888 |title=The Fourth of July |page=2 |newspaper=Daily Commercial Herald (Vicksburg, Mississippi) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34831639/vicksburg_4th_of_july/ |access-date=August 12, 2019 |archive-date=August 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812221928/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34831639/vicksburg_4th_of_july/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1902, the 4th of July saw only "a parade of colored draymen".<ref>{{cite news |date=July 6, 1912 |title=10 Years Ago in Vicksburg |page=6 |newspaper=Vicksburg Evening Post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34832616/4th_of_july_in_vicksburg/ |access-date=August 12, 2019 |archive-date=August 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812221923/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34832616/4th_of_july_in_vicksburg/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1947, the Jackson ''Clarion-Ledger'' stated that the city of Vicksburg did not celebrate the 4th of July again until 1945, and then it was celebrated as Confederate Carnival Day.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 8, 1947 |title=Vicksburg plans big things for Confederate carnival |page=19 |newspaper=[[Clarion-Ledger]] ([[Jackson, Mississippi]]) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34828644/vicksburg_and_fourth_of_july/ |access-date=August 12, 2019 |archive-date=August 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812221927/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34828644/vicksburg_and_fourth_of_july/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A recent scholar disagrees, stating that large Fourth of July celebrations were being held by 1907, and informal celebrations before that.<ref>{{cite book |last=Waldrep |first=Christopher |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=esDgeo7QYJEC&q=vicksburg+++celebrate+4th+of+July+newspapers&pg=PA247 |title=Vicksburg's Long Shadow: The Civil War Legacy Of Race And Remembrance |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2005 |isbn=978-0742548688 |page=247 |access-date=October 5, 2020 |archive-date=March 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315050501/https://books.google.com/books?id=esDgeo7QYJEC&q=vicksburg+++celebrate+4th+of+July+newspapers&pg=PA247#v=snippet&q=vicksburg%20%20%20celebrate%204th%20of%20July%20newspapers&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Historian Michael G. Ballard, in his ''Vicksburg'' campaign history, pp. 420-21, claims that this story has little foundation in fact. Although it is unknown whether city officials sanctioned the day as a local holiday, Southern observances of July 4 were for many years characterized more by family picnics than by formal city or county activities.</ref> A large parade was held in 1890.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 5, 1910 |title=20 Years Ago in Vicksburg |page=3 |newspaper=Vicksburg Evening Post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34832901/vicksburg_4th_of_july_1890/ |access-date=August 12, 2019 |archive-date=August 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812221925/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34832901/vicksburg_4th_of_july_1890/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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