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Andrew Hull Foote, Charles Henry Davis, David Dixon Porter, and David Glasgow Farragut commanded U.S. Navy forces on Western waters, the Mississippi Squadron, and the West Gulf Blockading Squadron between September 1861 and November 1864, engaging in operations on the Mississippi River and its tributaries leading up to and during the Campaign and Siege of Vicksburg from March 29 to July 4, 1863.
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Vicksburg, Mississippi · United States