4 July 1863 - After a long defense, including a siege that began on 26 May, Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton surrendered the city of Vicksburg and its garrison to Major General US Grant. Rather than being sent to prison camps, the great majority of Confederates were paroled. The National Park Service at the National Military Park has an outstanding website at http://www.nps.gov/vick/home.htm Included within the website are: an index to the Confederate parole records - http://www.nps.gov/vick/parole/csp_indx.htm names of soldiers interred at the Vicksburg National Cemetery http://www.nps.gov/vick/natcem/nat_cem.htm and at Soldiers Rest Confederate Cemetery http://www.nps.gov/vick/city_cem/sldrsrest.htm and the crew list of the USS Cairo http://www.nps.gov/vick/cairo/crew.htm Dennis