Karen Lips
1st Lieutenant
- Joined
- Jun 24, 2008
- Location
- Waxahachie,Texas
July 3rd was my gg grandmother's birthday. She lived close enough to Vicksburg to hear the battle. She turned 18 when all this happened. I doubt she had a very happy birthday. However, she lived to be 101 so, I trust she had plenty of other Happy Birthdays!The surrender document was ready to be signed on July 3rd, 1863, but Grant declined to accept it. After some changes, Grant accepted and signed the document on the 4th.
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