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  • #4787 - 2013 First-Class Forever Stamp,The Civil War Sesquicentennial, 1863: Battle of Vicksburg
    May 18, 2026

    Siege of Vicksburg
    On May 18, 1863, the key Siege of Vicksburg began. The fight for this Mississippi River stronghold became one of the longest and most demanding Union operations of the Civil War.
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