Links to some online articles related to Mississippi Civil War action:

• Battle of Corinth
  The strategic railroad town of Corinth was a key target for Confederate armies hoping to march north in support of General Braxton Bragg’s invasion of Kentucky. By Robert Collins Suhr

• Digging to Victory at Vicksburg - America’s Civil War
  To the armies at Vicksburg, picks, shovels and manual labor proved as valuable as bullets and bombshells. By Michael Morgan

• Battle of Vicksburg
  Ulysses S. Grant thought his formidable Army of the Tennessee could take Vicksburg from a “beaten” foe by direct assault. He was wrong, thanks to near-impregnable fortifications, renewed Southern spirit, and surprisingly suspect Northern generalship. By Jeffry C. Burden

• Grierson’s Raid During the Vicksburg Campaign
  U.S. Grant, bogged down outside Vicksburg, needed a diversion to ease his way. He got just that from a music teacher turned cavalryman–one who hated horses, at that. By Tim DeForest

• Truth Behind U.S. Grant’s Yazoo River Bender
  Murky facts and contradictions confuse the story of a purported 1863 drinking spree by the general. By Brian J. Murphy