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Mississippi families honor recently identified Black soldiers at Civil War battlefield
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 National ...
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Black Civil War soldiers honored, name by name, at Vicksburg battlefield
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 ...
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A Mississippi Civil War memorial now includes more Black military history
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 National ...
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New Civil War museum coming to Vicksburg
(WLBT) - A new Civil War ... for Vicksburg’s newest tourist attraction, an interpretive center. “The Vicksburg Military Park is the most visited cultural site in the state of Mississippi.
Chattanooga Times Free Press1y
At a Civil War battlefield in Mississippi, there's a new effort to include more Black history
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — 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 ...
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Civil War, controversy play out in Vicksburg
the surrender of Vicksburg to Union forces under Gen. U.S. Grant this weekend. During the program, which offers park visitors an up-close view of the lives of Civil War soldiers, the cannon is ...
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8 Civil War sites to visit in Mississippi
The Vicksburg National Military Park commemorates one of the Civil War’s pivotal campaigns. There are more than 1,400 ...
Los Angeles Times11y
Visiting Vicksburg, Miss., a city that was key to North’s victory in Civil War
VICKSBURG, Miss. — The Siege of Vicksburg was all about the Mississippi River. Whoever controlled Vicksburg controlled the river, and whoever controlled the river was going to win the Civil War.
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Vicksburg Civil War Campaign
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Mississippi monument restored at Civil War battle site
A Mississippi monument is being rededicated in a national park on a Civil War battlefield.A ceremony is taking place Monday in the Vicksburg National Military Park.The Mississippi monument underwent a ...
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Civil War casualties in Vicksburg remembered at 150-year anniversary
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 ...