War artifacts are typically weapons and uniforms, but occasionally something so strange shows up, that even historians are at ...

The Vicksburg National Military Park today stretches over 1800 acres worth of ravines, woods, and fields. The Vicksburg ...

Today, the 2,500-acre Vicksburg National Military Park preserves the site of the siege, including 1,325 historic monuments ...

Since then, several other NPS sites nationwide have been acknowledged both officially ... threatening his military pension. “Cashier served in Civil War fighting at Vicksburg, the Red River expedition ...

Visit Mississippi's massive Vicksburg National Military Park — it covers more than 1,700 acres just two miles from Vicksburg — to relive a pivotal battle in the Civil War. There's much to see: 1,325 ...

Location: Jackson Following the American troops’ capture of Vicksburg during the Civil War, rebel forces retreated to Jackson, central Mississippi’s last remaining Confederate stronghold.

Civil War Nurses, USS Constitution Commander Among Female Veterans Removed in Pentagon DEI Sweep Bette Horstman was a medical officer on Saipan during World War II.

Mississippi is steeped in Black history and culture, from Civil Rights sites that spurred national change to the delta -the birthplace of the blues.

The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern identity through tumultuous battles and profound social change. Despite the ...

C.C. Andrews: Civil War veteran, international diplomat and Minnesota’s first chief fire warden His work led to the creation of the two national forests in Minnesota and a state forest named in ...

The projects include the Vicksburg Civil War Project, Windsor Ruins, the Natchez Tribal History Center, Historic Jefferson College, Margaret Ann Crigler Park, and an exhibit focusing on the upcoming ...

Situated in a state well-known for producing high-caliber storytellers, Vicksburg is uniquely suited for an institution of this kind. Readers may be familiar with other Mississippi interpretive ...