Visiting Civil War sites. ... Md., with Gettysburg, Pa., and Vicksburg, Miss., taking their turns in 2013. But you don't need to wait until the actual anniversary to visit a specific Civil War site.

With new museums on the way, the 150th anniversary of the Civil War nearing and continuous refinement of marketing and advertising efforts by the Vicksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau, those in the ...

The city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, was the scene of a Civil War siege from May 18 to July 4, 1863. The 47-day standoff for the city was also waged for control of the Mississippi River.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Mississippi is a state with an abundance of military history, especially in Central Mississippi. Many of the area’s most visited military sites relate to the Civil War.

The wide-ranging war -- Other Civil War sites Summary Features ten different multi-day itineraries that lead visitors through every major campaign site, as well as lesser-known venues in unlikely ...

Ken Burns, whose landmark documentary on the Civil War established him as one of its quintessential authorities, thinks there’s no better way to get a sense of the Civil War than to visit its ...

More than 150 years later, the Civil War still looms large in Vicksburg at some of its tourist sites. While historic symbols of the Confederacy are unavoidably part of the fabric of the city, ...

ANOTHER CYCLORAMA OF A GREAT EVENT IN THE CIVIL WAR. Share full article. June 8, 1886. ... The new cyclorama, representing the assault upon Vicksburg, May 23. 1863, ...

JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has some major upcoming projects happening across the state.. The projects include the Vicksburg Civil War Project, Windsor Ruins, ...

VICKSBURG, Miss. — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history. As a small Black girl, she would walk to school through ...