Great News: Probable Capture of Vicksburgh, with Pemberton’s Entire Army – 2-3
Operations on the Red River: Official Report of Admiral Porter to the Navy Department – 3-4
The War in Tennessee: Bragg Expecting an Attack from Gen. Rosecrans – 4
Another Military Blunder: Two Detachments of the Third Regulars Firing Into Each Other – 4
The War in Kentucky: The Rebel Forces Preparing for an Invasion – 4
News from Washington – 4
Editorial: Gen. Grant at Vicksburgh – 4
Editorial: The Conscription – Grievances of the Inchoate Citizen – 4-5
A Sensible Darkey – 5
Vicksburg surrendered on July 4th, 1863. The fourth of July would not be celebrated there for another 80 years. General Pemberton’s uncle invented Coca-Cola to treat his own wound that he received during the Civil War.