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In the spring of 1863, the Civil War enters its third bloody year; for the North, the clearest path to victory runs through the last Confederate holdout, Vicksburg, but taking the fortified city amid unforgiving terrain may require a miracle.
In the spring of 1863, the Civil War enters its third bloody year; for the North, the clearest path to victory runs through the last Confederate holdout, Vicksburg, but taking the fortified city amid unforgiving terrain may require a miracle.
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