Chronicles the events which took place on July 4, 1863, and discusses how the end of two battles, Vicksburg and Gettysburg, changed the course of the Civil War.
In Vicksburg, Mississippi, during the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant lays siege to the city in an attempt to gain control of the Mississippi River, while the residents struggle to survive.
When thirteen-year-old Jubi and his two younger sisters run away from slavery on a Louisiana plantation, their difficult journey includes a dog, encounters with Rebel and Union soldiers, and a role in the Siege of Vicksburg.
An eighteen-year-old English girl finds her loyalties divided and all her resources tested as she and her friends experience the terrible physical and emotional hardships of the forty-seven day siege of Vicksburg in the spring of 1863.
When Jamie Carswell joins the 14th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment fighting in Vicksburg, Mississippi, he finds his cousin Althea living there, trying to make peace with her past and keep her family safe during the Union's siege.
During the siege of Vicksburg, thirteen-year-old Claire Louise struggles with difficult choices when family and friends join opposing sides of the war.
An eighteen-year-old English girl finds her loyalties divided and all her resources tested as she and her friends experience the terrible physical and emotional hardships of the forty-seven day siege of Vicksburg in the spring of 1863.
