The Capture of Vicksburg

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Civil War Harper's Weekly, August 1, 1863

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Surrender of Vicksburg

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VOL. VII.—No. 344.]

NEW YORK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1863.

SINGLE COPIES SIX CENTS. $3,00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1863, by Harper & Brothers, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.

THE REBEL GENERAL BOWEN AND COLONEL MONTGOMERY ARRIVING AT GENERAL BURBRIDGE'S HEAD-QUARTERS.-SKETCHED BY THEO. R. DAVIS.—[SEE PAGE 487.]

THE CAPTURE OF VICKSBURG—INTERVIEW BETWEEN GENERALS GRANT AND PEMBERTON, TO SETTLE THE TERMS OF SURRENDER.—[SEE PAGE 487.]

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