Chapter IX
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CHAPTER IX.
Attacked by the Federals—Attempt to Relieve Vicksburg—Capture of Berwick's Bay. Federal Advance against Bisland—Retreat of the Confederates—Banks's Dispatches—Relief of Vicksburg impracticable—Capture of Federal Post at Berwick's Bay—Attack on Fort Butler—Fall of Vicksburg and of Port Hudson.