JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A new Civil War Museum is coming to the city of Vicksburg in 2028. Planning and designing are underway for Vicksburg’s newest tourist attraction, an interpretive center.

The Vicksburg Civil War Museum, a storefront operation that opened on Washington Street in 2021, contains a large collection of artifacts and weaponry, ...

Today, Vicksburg is home to a museum, privately owned and straightforwardly named “Vicksburg Civil War Museum.” It’s one of those places you find in smaller towns, ...

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, 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 ...

A Civil War bottle is shown with a message that was tucked inside at the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Va. The message to Confederate Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton says reinforcements will ...

The city was firmly etched into the nation's history after the Civil War Battle of Vicksburg in 1863.A list of events to celebrate Vicksburg's Bicentennial over the next few days includes a ...

A Civil War battlefield in Mississippi is providing more information about Black history. Recent ceremonies honored the memory of 18 Black soldiers and two white officers who fought for the Union ...