Vicksburg

On Saturday, Karl and Bob invited me to go along with them to Vicksburg, which is on the west side of MS, along the Mississippi River. So, in our fashion, we got there slowly. We took a lot of wrong turns and back tracked a lot. But again, we had fun with that. We stopped at a flea market on the way as well as in Jackson, MS. Jackson seemed like a ghost town. We drove around there for quite some time, not seeing much. When we got to Vicksburg, we went to the information center to see what was around. We found out that we had missed the only paddleboat that day, which was the main reason we had gone out that far. So we were told about an interesting historal war tour. The lady at the center gave us quite a bit of information about the Battle of Vicksburg. Some people may recall it, but it was at the same time as the Battle of Gettysburg, so it is over shadowed. The area is very hilly, making it difficult for the attacking side. The entire battle took longer than a year, which was ended by Grant seiging Vicksburg and starving the city. Im sure you could find more about it if you really wanted to. So we went on the driving tour. There were lots of monuments, some more interesting than others. The highlight was the USS Cairo. It had been sunk by a 'torpedo' and after 100 years was recovered from the bottom of the river and now is on display in the park.

This is a view from one of the streets of Vicksburg, over the Mississippi River.

This is a bunker from one of the battles.

A memorial for General Grant.

A monument for all those who fought in the battle.

The USS Cairo.