Today in history.
Contributors: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program.
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885.; Hopkins, Johns, 1795-1873.; Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863.
Other titles: May 19
Description: Provides a brief history of the 6-week Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., which began after General Ulysses S. Grant's attempt to take the Confederate stronghold on May 19, 1863, failed. Also presented is a biographical sketch of Johns Hopkins, a wealthy Baltimore merchant and investor, born on May 19, 1795, whose bequest endowed the university and hospital in Baltimore that bear his name.
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Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Grant At Vicksburg; title: Mr. Johns Hopkins.