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1. #1 bwv

   July 9, 2009

   my guess is Vicksburg, as that was the date the city surrendered to Grant

2. #2 bwv

   July 9, 2009

   my guess is Vicksburg, as that was the date the city surrendered to Grant

3. #3 Geds

   July 9, 2009

   Wow. Thanks for the link. I really appreciate it.

   Also, bmv, you might be right. But that doesn’t mean you can’t go read my posts on the Civil War, anyway…

4. #4 John Swindle

   July 9, 2009

   Apparently, controversy touches everything. The notion that Vicksburg eschewed celebrating the fourth is called an old canard in this web piece:

   http://civilwarmemory.typepad.com/civil_war_memory/2008/02/july-4-and-vick.html

5. #5 Greg Laden

   July 9, 2009

   Well, maybe. I went and trolled them.

   Next thing you know we’ll be hearing that Slavery had nothing to do with the Civil War!

6. #6 Geds

   July 9, 2009

   The notion that Vicksburg eschewed celebrating the fourth is called an old canard in this web piece:

   It depends on how you define the terms. To the best of my knowledge there was no official 4th celebration in Vicksburg until World War II. Many Southern communities avoided official celebrations immediately after the war and during Reconstruction. That doesn’t mean people didn’t celebrate the 4th on their own, though.

   Generally when people say, “Vicksburg didn’t celebrate the 4th,” they’re referring to the municipality, not individual citizens of Vicksburg. Similarly, “Chicago” doesn’t observe Ramadan, but many Chicagoans do.

   Next thing you know we’ll be hearing that Slavery had nothing to do with the Civil War!

   Hold the flame war off until next week, please. I’m not as up to date on the Lost Cause Myth as I should be…

7. #7 Greg Laden

   July 9, 2009

   Aha! I knew this was going to get complicated…

8. #8 Kevin

   July 10, 2009

   Thanks for the link to Civil War Memory. Just wanted to point out that the site has moved to http://www.cwmemory.com