136 miles - minimum 5-8 hours
General Ulysses S. Grant's final, successful campaign in 1863 to take Vicksburg is a military classic, still studied today. Follow Grant's route through the countryside, over bayous and bogs through Port Gibson and Raymond to his goal—Vicksburg. With its tall stone bluffs along the Mississippi River, Vicksburg was a natural fortress. The steep hills and valleys, together with several formidable rivers and swamps on the other side of the city
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