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 ...

Vicksburg NMP includes 1,325 historic monuments and markers, ... Yes, Vicksburg NMP provides visitors the opportunity to learn more about the Civil War battle for control of the Mississippi River.

RICHMOND, Va. — A glass vial stopped with a cork during the Civil War has been opened, revealing a coded message to the desperate Confederate commander in Vicksburg on the day the Mississippi ...

On May 19, 1863, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant attempted to take the Confederate stronghold at Vicksburg, Mississippi. After making a daring run past Confederate batteries, Union naval forces joined ...

This week marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War ... of the Vicksburg National Military Park, which commemorates the campaign, siege and defense of Vicksburg. The city's surrender ...

Garry Adelman of the American Battlefield Trust described the motivations and events that occurred during the Battle of Gettysburg and the significance of the Siege of Vicksburg on the Civil War.

Join the History Seekers as we uncover 150-year-old Civil War relics from the historic ... This could only achieve by Grant winning at Vicksburg and Banks winning at Port Hudson.

DES MOINES – One hundred and fifty years ago today, scores of Iowans serving in the Union Army were dug in laying siege to the Mississippi town of Vicksburg ... in the Civil War as the Union ...

A Vicksburg man's goal to collect guns from the Civil War period grew into a larger project when he discovered a bill of sale for a 7-year-old girl. Then, his goal became a quest to give people a ...

Many consider July 4, 1863 to be the turning point of the American Civil War. Two important ... and the Fall of Vicksburg (Mississippi), July 4. However, two other major, lesser-known events ...