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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