Vicksburg

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The Mississippi River is quite wide here We head into the Yazoo River channel towards Vicksburg The American Queen and the Queen of the Mississippi are already here The Queen of the Mississippi The American Queen We lower our gangway to the boat launch Flood levels from previous floods Vicksburg was founded in 1820 One of the Confederate forts overlooking river traffic A barge goes under the Interstate 20 bridge We are in the Vicksburg National Miltary Park A cannon battery The Union had overwhelming firepower This is how the battlefield looked in 1863 The Illinois Memorial Our Smithsonian guide Will Greene explains the battle The 8th Battery of the Michigan Light Artillery next to the Michigan Memorial A list of casualties Part of the Illinois Memorial Ohio Memorial to the 20th Infantry Ohio 30th Infantry Memorial Ewing's approach trenches for the Union The Union cannon were only 100 yards from the Confederate fort A sign about the Union 1st Illinois light artillery The blue signs mark the Union approach to the Confederate dirt fort We follow the Union approach The 83rd Indiana led the first attack Once the sapper lines reached the fort, they blew it up with 2400 pounds of powder The 36th Mississippi and 1st, 4th, and 5th Missouri defended the fort A Confederate cannon The Confederate view of the Union approach The ironclad riverboat Cairo had been sunk by mines in 1862 Framing of the boat at the stern Rudders James Eads built 7 ironclads in only 100 days Pete next to a cannon inside the framing for the ironclad riverboat Boilers for the steam engine The paddle wheel was protected inside the iron cladding Half of the sailors were immigrants The ironclad burned one ton of coal per hour Side cannon Photos of some of the other ironclads Civil War cemetery A view of the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers from the Confederate forts Our riverboat repositions A rather fat pole for a birdhouse The Warren County Courthouse A massive oak tree from 1870 The Baer House The Guider House from1860 Isaacs House from 1870 The Duff Greene mansion from 1856 Anchuca House from 1830 Pretty yellow house George Washington Ball House from 1822 Former slave quarters for the house Parrott rifled cannon at the court house Wrought iron on a downtown building This cannon was found half buried in someone's back yard Biedenharn Museum - the first place to ever bottle Coca Cola A variety of Coke bottles and cans Coke cans from around the world More Coca Cola memorabilia The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad station from 1907 Murals on the levee walls about the history of Vicksburg A really long barge on the river