Today, the 2,500-acre Vicksburg National Military Park preserves the site of the siege, including 1,325 historic monuments ...

Just as it turned 100 in 2016, America’s National Park Service (NPS) began to officially recognize the contributions that ...

The Heritage Guild of Vicksburg & Warren County recently asked municipal candidates for Vicksburg’s mayor and Ward 2 alderman ...

On a dreary Memorial Day that saw both the annual parade and wreath-laying ceremony canceled due to weather, a crowed still gathered at the Ardis T. Williams Sr. Auditorium for the 46th annual ...

survived Union shelling during the Civil War. Just over 40 miles west of Jackson and perched on the bluffs of the Mississippi River, the small city of Vicksburg offers an experience with equal ...

Police are still probing why an enslaver’s 53,000 square foot house was reduced to rubble.

This arrival was four days after Grant had secured a foothold on the east side of the Mississippi ... contribution to the literature of the Vicksburg campaign and the role of cavalry in the Civil War, ...

Discover the best outdoor adventures at Land Between the Lakes in KY & TN—hiking, camping, bison viewing, historic farms, and ...

Join the History Seekers Team on an unforgettable treasure hunt in Tupelo, Mississippi—site of major Civil War history. Armed with the XP Deus II, Minelab Manticore, and Minelab Equinox 800 ...

THE REMAINS OF 15 UNION CIVIL WAR VETERANS RESTED IN UNMARKED GRAVES ... Niffenegger says instead of headstones on more than a dozen resting sites, there were pins. “Every grave has a pin ...

Discovered during a highway interchange project, the site offers some insight into the lives of formerly enslaved people in ...

Centreville — Few communities are lucky enough to have a Civil War museum in their midst; Centreville is one of them. The Stuart-Mosby Civil War Cavalry Museum first invited the public in for a ...