We all know the stories of hardship and suffering that the people of Vicksburg, Mississippi experienced during the Union siege led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Food was in short supply and many civilians sought shelter in the caves overlooking the Mississippi River, out of the range of enemy artillery. Those same guns signaled the arrival of freedom for th…
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