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Vicksburg fell, the garrison of Port Hudson down river from the town fell on July ninth which gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union. The victory at the Battle of Gettysburg and the success of the Vicksburg Campaign, put the Union in a strong position in both the Eastern and the Western theaters. 138 The photographic archive that was produced in the wake of the Battle of Gettysburg would