The Fall of Vicksburg
Vicksburg Daily Citizen
Newspaper printed on wallpaper,
July 2, 1863
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Vickburg, Mississippi, like many of the other southern
cities suffered acutely from the ravages of the Civil War. The
city was under siege from May 22 until July 4, 1863, and faced
a daily barrage of gunfire from Union forces under U.S. Grant.
Utilizing whatever resources were at hand, the Vicksburg Daily
Citizen printed this issue on the back of wallpaper. The
defiant spirit is still in evidence on July 2 as the paper reads:
"The Yankee Generalissimo surnamed Grant has expressed his intention
of dining in Vicksburg on the Fourth of July. . . . Ulysses must
get into the city before he dines in it." Vicksburg surrendered
two days later.
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