Lamar Fontaine was born in Texas in 1829, 1830, 1840 or 1841 depending on who you believe. According to his own accounts, he was captured by...
This story comes from the book “Invocation to Death: The Final Hours of Col. Alexander Keith McClung” by Howell, H. Grady, Jr. Madison, Miss., 2014, and...
The first city cemetery in Vicksburg was located roughly in the area north from Grove Street, south to Stouts Bayou, and from First North Street east...
Fort Garrott was the best preserved of all the Confederate fortifications when the Vicksburg National Military Park was created in 1899 to commemorate the siege and...
At approximately 2 a.m. on April 27. 1865, just a few weeks after the end of the Civil War, there was an explosion aboard the steamboat...
Next to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lower Mississippi Museum is a position tablet for a 10-inch cannon that was located there during the Siege...
Brig. Gen. Martin E Green misspoke twice during the campaign for Vicksburg. At the A.K. Shaifer House on the Port Gibson battlefield, the ladies were busy...
Foster Lightcap was Vicksburg’s first dentist. According to the 1860 City Directory, his office was located on the west side of Washington Street. Tragically, Lightcap was...
Tommy Presson relates this story from his early days at Grand Gulf. A couple of months after taking the position of manager at Grand Gulf State...