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In the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War, the concluding military action was the siege of Vicksburg. In a set of drills, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant of the Union and his Army of Tennessee passed River Mississippi and forced John C. Pemberton's Confederate Army into the armed sidelines encircling the fortress city of Vicksburg.
In Rome’s legislative branch, plebeians served in the Assemblies while the Senate’s members were "patricians". This word meant "father" and they were given far more responsibility than the plebeians.
