Mississippi’s 1990 Riverboat Gambling legislation initiated Vicksburg’s evolution, which gained full momentum when the community approved stationary casino vessels along the riverfront in 1992 ...

The Confederacy's Best General? Prof. McMurray, noted for his many earlier works, such as John Bell Hood and the War for Southern Independence and Two Great Rebel Armies, has drawn upon decades of ...

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 ...

VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Even 150 years later, Vicksburg is still overshadowed by Gettysburg — so much so, that the Mississippi city is having its Civil War commemoration a few weeks early rather than ...

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.

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Trip Overview. Join us for a cruise down the mighty Mississippi River from Memphis to New Orleans aboard the 185-berth American Splendor, a riverboat built in 2016 in the classic paddle-wheeler ...

Its earliest known reference in print is dated 1975. Mississippi mud pies may have begun in the 1970s as a variation on “mud cake,” a dessert that was popular in the American South 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. News Sports Business Entertainment Opinion ...

The Mississippi River winds its way past Natchez, Mississippi. (Photo by Dorene Cohen) The USS Cairo, a 13-gun ironclad vessel used during the Civil War, is on display at a museum in Vicksburg ...

Most people have only a vague idea of where the Mississippi Delta region lies. Rather than being at the mouth of the Mississippi River, it is primarily a 200-mile-long alluvial island between the ...

A new interpretive center – rather than a museum – will tell the story of the Vicksburg campaign on the national stage. Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann announced in a spring 2023 Vicksburg press conference ...