This newspaper from July 2, 1863, was printed in Vicksburg, Mississippi- a fortress and the last city the Confederacy held on the Mississippi River. Its big guns blocked Union ships from passing by. Northern troops began besieging the city in earnest on June 25, 1863, and the cut-off city quickly ran out of food. This article tells of a cat that was eaten for dinner and of extremely expensive black-market food. On July 3, one day after this newspaper appeared, the city fell to Union troops led by General Ulysses Grant on the same day General Robert E. Lee lost the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.
J. W. Calley and Sons. “The Vicksburg Daily Citizen.” Comrade Maxwell, July 2, 1863. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l02-022/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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