Our Favorite Towns to Visit in Mississippi The Siege of Vicksburg in 1863 played a major role in the outcome of the Civil War. Learn more about the battle at various museums and historical sites ...

Over the next few years, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History aims to revitalize some of the state's most ...

and Vicksburg, Mississippi. But these conventional battles are only one part of the larger story of the Union’s Mississippi River Squadron. As a Civil War historian who has been researching the ...

This article was written by Jim Beaugez. The surrender of Vicksburg by Confederate Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton to Union forces led by Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on July 4, 1863, brought swift change to ...

Long and flat, and with breathtaking views, the Delta stretches 200 miles from Memphis, Tennessee, down to Vicksburg, Mississippi ... after the Civil War, the state became among the most ...