1. VicksburgVicksburg The Civil War

2. "Vicksburg is the key. The war can never be brought to a close until the key is in our pocket," --President Abraham Lincoln

3. Why was Vicksburg the key? Search Vicksburg, Mississippi on Google Maps or Google Earth Take notes on your tan 1863-65 study guide sheet about why you think the geography of this city made it Lincoln’s “key”.

4. Confederate River Batteries http://www.picturehistory.com/product/id/31223

5. The Siege http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/civil/jb_civil_vicksburg_1_e.html http://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/29684

6. What is a siege? Write the definition of siege on your study guide. Draw a little sketch to help you remember Write the definition of siege on your study guide. Draw a little sketch to help you remember

7. Cave Dwellings http://www.primaryteachers.org/vicksburgafter.gif

8. “The caves were plainly becoming a necessity, as some persons had been killed on the streets by fragments of shells. The room that I had so lately slept in had been struck by a fragment of a shell during the first night, and a large hole made in the ceiling.” --Mary Loughborough, Confederate officer’s wife published in My Cave Life in Vicksburg, 1864. From http://friendsofraymond.org/articles/cave-life.htmhttp://friendsofraymond.org/articles/cave-life.htm

9. Cave Reenactment http://friendsofraymond.org/articles/cave-life.htm

10. Grant’s Strategy April 16, 1863 started marching his troops for 17 days to fight 5 separate battles surrounding Vicksburg. Started siege on May 18, 1863--constant shelling. April 16, 1863 started marching his troops for 17 days to fight 5 separate battles surrounding Vicksburg. Started siege on May 18, 1863--constant shelling.

11. The Surrender General Pemberton surrendered on July 4, 1863 after his soldiers wrote a letter petitioning surrender or desertion. By this time, rations were down to 1 biscuit a day for soldiers Civilians were eating rats The city of Vicksburg did not celebrate Independence Day again until 1944. General Pemberton surrendered on July 4, 1863 after his soldiers wrote a letter petitioning surrender or desertion. By this time, rations were down to 1 biscuit a day for soldiers Civilians were eating rats The city of Vicksburg did not celebrate Independence Day again until 1944.