Vicksburg National Military Park

Picture galleries from my visit there:

Vicksburg Military Park, Part 1Vicksburg Military Park, Park 2

Vicksburg Mississippi Is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen. It’s winter now and the trees are beautiful. the air is clean the people are great. It just goes to show good things
do come in small packages.

I have a hard time wrapping my head around the Civil War. Americans against Americans… nope… can’t get that one straight.

Vicksburg National Military Park commemorates the battle for the last stronghold on the Mississippi River. It fell on July 4, 1836. Driving through this hilly area of Mississippi, it’s amazing that men were able to fight here.

There are over a thousand monuments for both the Confederate and Union soldiers. There’s a memorial for each state represented in the battles. There are cannons all over the grounds. There are signs telling what states and troops fought in each area of the battleground. Red signs mark the Confederate line and blue signs mark the Union line. There’s a cemetary full of those who died.

Before driving through the park, I went to the visitor’s center and watched a short film about the battles and subsequent surrender of the confederate troups. It was a great way to get oriented, and it really helped me put things into perspective while I was driving through. It took about 3.5 hours to drive through the whole park. I stopped to take pictures of most of the big monuments. Pictured here is the Texas memorial.