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

Some sights to see to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War ...

Vicksburg National Military Park; Vicksburg, Mississippi The city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, was the scene of a Civil War siege from May 18 to July 4, 1863.

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 ...

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

Object Details author Weeks, Michael Notes Original edition has subtitle: Ten weekend tours and more than 400 sites, from Antietam to Zagonyi's Charge. Contents Part I. The war in the west -- The far ...

A Civil War battlefield in Mississippi is providing more information about Black history.

The new cyclorama, representing the assault upon Vicksburg, May 23. 1863, by the forces of Grant in co-operation with the fleet of gunboats under Porter, was exhibited to invited guests at the ...

Americans, on July 4th, celebrate the nation’s birthday, when the Continental Congress officially declared that the United States was no longer a British colony, but an independent country. It gained ...

More than 150 years later, the Civil War still looms large in Vicksburg at some of its tourist sites.

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 ...