McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864 [General orders number 20, congratulating soldiers for their performance in the Battle of Vicksburg]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.286 Author/Creator: McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864 Place Written: Vicksburg, Mississippi Type: Printed document Date: 04 July 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy
McPherson, Commander of the 17th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, declares: "With tireless energy, with sleepless vigilance, by night and by day, with battery and with rifle pit, with trench and mine, you made your sure approaches, until overcome by fatigue, and driven to despair in the attempt to oppose your irresistible progress, the whole garrison of over thirty thousand men with all their arms and munitions of war, have, on this, the anniversary of our NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE surrendered to the invincible troops of the ARMY of the TENNESSEE."
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