VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) – On October 21, 2026, state, federal and local leaders joined the Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign to announce a partnership to advance plans for a new ...

Plans for the new museum and visitor center at the Vicksburg National Military Park moved forward Wednesday, following a local funding commitment of up to ...

Vicksburg was the Confederacy’s last major stronghold on the Mississippi River and one of the decisive objectives of the American Civil War. After two direct assaults failed with heavy losses, General ...

Mississippi officials broke ground Wednesday on a new visitor center and museum next to Vicksburg National Military Park to tell the story of one of the Civil War’s most consequential battles.

Prologue -- Cairo -- River warrior -- Winter fortress -- A tremendous murder mill -- "The battle for the Mississippi" -- "These troublous times" -- Secessionist ...

Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2024. Pp. xxv, 535. Illus., maps, appends, notes, biblio., index. $54.95. ISBN:0700636552 Grant's Blitz that Isolated Vicksburg ...

Engineers in Union blue and Confederate gray played a prominent role in the Vicksburg campaigns of 1862-1863. Although their contributions have largely gone unnoticed in published works on the ...

FAVORITE COLORS, TO HONOR HER LIFE AND LEGACY. THE 76-YEAR-OLD DIED LATE LAST MONTH. THE VICKSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS AMID THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN...THANKS TO DONORS.