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Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, smoking cigar, meets Confederate General John Pemberton to accept Vicksburg’s surrender, July 4, 1863 (Niday Picture Library/Alamy Stock Photo)
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, smoking cigar, meets Confederate General John Pemberton to accept Vicksburg’s surrender, July 4, 1863 (Niday Picture Library/Alamy Stock Photo)