"It is in Virginia and Georgia that the war now rages and where it will continue for at these points - Richmond and Atlanta - the enemy's main strength is concentrated."
"Vicksburg lies on top of a bluff on the east side of a large tongue of land jutting out into the Mississippi."
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Source: Text of Bush's Notre Dame speech. edition.cnn.com. May 20, 2001.
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