Title: Today in history
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.
Subjects: History
Places: Vicksburg (Miss.)
People: Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), Johns Hopkins (1795-1873)
Time periods: Siege, 1863