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MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · July 9

THE DAY IN HISTORY · JULY 9

July 9 in history

1863 — Port Hudson

9 Jul 1863 — The last Confederate post on the river surrenders five days after Vicksburg. “The Father of Waters,” Lincoln writes, “again goes unvexed to the sea.”

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