Who won the battle at Vicksburg? General John C. Pemberton and the Confederate Army surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces on July 4, 1863.

Where was the U.S.S. Cairo Gunboat found? The U.S.S. Cairo was sunk by a Confederate torpedo on December 12, 1862 in the Yazoo River, 13 miles North of Vicksburg. It was identified in 1956 and raised in 1964.