In this episode, we visit the historic Port Gibson Civil War battlefield for the very first time with our Minelab Equinox 800 detectors. Buried beneath the Mississippi soil for over 160 years, these ...

Blount has been MDAH director since 2011. Under her leadership, the agency has established the nationally-recognized Two ...

Over the years, the director’s early films have been lost and found, forgotten and celebrated. But what about the work that ...

Renowned artist H.C. Porter invites you to a hip new Mississippi art festival launching as part of Vicksburg's bicentennial celebrations.

We’ve rounded up the best Mississippi River cruises for seniors, history buffs and Americana lovers, so you can find your ...

The Museum of Mississippi History will feature interactive maps for Civil War buffs and let music lovers listen to Muddy Waters, Elvis Presley, Jimmie Rodgers, Leontyne Price and others.

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 ...

I listened to the silvery chorus of cicadas as I drove past the kudzu-covered outskirts of Vicksburg, Mississippi ... a crucial turning point in the Civil War. The fall of Vicksburg split the ...

The museum opened in 2006 and is reportedly the largest collection of Civil War artifacts west of the Mississippi. The museum is owned by North Texas Oilman Ray Richey, the president and curator.