But as a young soldier in the Mexican War ... Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and the Overland campaigns. At Vicksburg, Mississippi, Grant hoped to break the Confederate grip on the Mississippi River ...

The Vicksburg Civil War Museum walks visitors through Black ... Run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Jesse Brent Lower Mississippi River Museum teaches visitors all about the famous ...

They brought with them slaves to do the backbreaking work of clearing the wild forest and subduing the Mississippi River with levees ... after the Civil War, the state became among the most ...

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 ...

Vicksburg is set to celebrate its 200th anniversary with a year-long series of events highlighting its rich history and cultural significance.The River City, which began as a French outpost, was ...