Congressional Gold Medal
date: label: date made
content: c. 1863
label: associated date
content: 1863-12-17
name: label: associated person
content: Grant, Ulysses S.
notes: label: Description
content: This Congressional Gold Medal was awarded on December 17, 1863 to General Grant after his victory at Vicksburg. The battle of Vicksburg was a turning point for the Union Army. The siege lasted six weeks until the Confederate forces surrendered on July 4, 1863.
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Julia Dent Grant and William H. Vanderbilt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.93729
label: accession number
content: 18528
label: catalog number
content: 93729
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal
label: Other Terms
content: medal; Decoration; Congressional
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)