You won't believe the treasure we found metal detecting! We found MULTIPLE FIND of a LIFETIME relics in this adventure! There was a Sword, artillery shell, and more found buried treasure! It was ...

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 ...

By Lauchlin Fields , LF Voices Collective Every family has a story, but many remain untold, hidden in old records, whispered among elders, or lost over time. As Vicksburg celebrates its 200th ...

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 ...