A Letter from Charles Pearsey Walker in Vicksburg, 1863, to "Friends" (p. 1)

The Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, took place between May and July of 1863. Vicksburg fell to Union forces on July 4, 1863 after much suffering and hunger; the city never celebrated the 4th of July holiday until the 1950s.

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Dear Friends
I take the present opportunity of writing you a few. I am wel at present and hope that this may find you all wel, we are below the city we have got the rebels completely surrounded and we starving them out. It is reported by deserters and negroes from the city that they are living on mule flesh and what water they get comes from the river. When they go after it our gun boats plays on them and kills a great many of them the dead mules are floating down the river all the time. They are mostly killed by our batterys which are playing them day and night. the rebels don't reply any more. yesterday they come down on our forces without any arms with the intention ( Cont. > > )

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