Vicksburg National Military Park in Warren County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
The End In Sight
Photographed by William Bruce
1. The End In Sight Marker
Pemberton asked Grant for surrender terms. Grant did not want to have to feed 30,000 prisoners of war, or transport so many men north to prison camps. He offered to let Vicksburgs defenders go home, if they promised they would not fight against the United States again until exchanged. Pemberton accepted the terms. On July 4th, the Confederates handed over their guns. Union troops marched victoriously into the city.
On 3rd July 1863 at about ten oclock a.m., white flags appeared on a portion of the Rebel works. It was a glorious sight to officers and soldiers on the line
Ulysses S. Grant
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(lower left) Grant and Pemberton meet to discuss the Confederate surrender of Vicksburg.
(lower right) At the Visitor center you can see a 10-foot-tall marble column that first marked the Surrender Interview Site near here in 1864.
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1738.
Location. 32° 21.447′ N, 90° 50.675′ W. Marker is in Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, in Warren County. It is on Pemberton Avenue east of Confederate Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Located in Vicksburg National Military Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Vicksburg MS 39183, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Natchez Trace Corridor and in Greater Jackson. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in the Mississippi Delta, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Surrender Interview Site (a few steps from this marker); Mississippi 38th Infantry (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); C.S. Appeal (Arkansas) Battery; (about 300 feet away); a different marker also named C.S. Appeal (Arkansas) Battery; (about 400 feet away); Pembroke S· Senteny (about 400 feet away); Eugene Erwin (about 400 feet away); Melancthon Smith (about 500 feet away); C S Missouri (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicksburg National Military Park.
Also see . . . Vicksburg National Military Park. (Submitted on March 25, 2015.)
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, November 28, 2008
2. The End In Sight Marker
Photographed by William Bruce
3. The Surrender Interview Site
Photographed by William Bruce
4. This 42-pounder cannon marks the Surrender Interview Site
Photographed by William Bruce
5. Original Surrender Interview Site Monument
This marble shaft, erected by Union occupation forces in 1864, was one of the earliest monuments ever placed on a Civil War battlefield. It was moved to the Visitor Center for safekeeping.
Photographed by William Bruce
6. A Negotiated Surrender Marker (moved to Visitor Center)
At 3 o'clock on the hot afternoon of July 3, 1863, General John C. Pemberton and General Ulysses S. Grant met here to discuss the surrender of Vicksburg. Although the generals failed to come to terms at this meeting, an exchange of letters late that night resulted in acceptable terms. The city and its garrison were surrendered by Pemberton on July 4. The fall of Vicksburg marked a turning point in the war as it gave the North undisputed control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two.
May 22, 1937
7. Memorial to General's Grant and Pemberton...
This colorized postcard reproduces the inset picture on the marker A Negotiated Surrender of Hon. John C. Pemberton, III and Col. Ulysses S. Grant, III, grandsons of the army commanders at Vicksburg, taken on May 22, 1937.
Image by Detroit Photographic Company, circa 1910
8. Original Surrender Monument in Vicksburg National Cemetery
This vintage postcard view shows the original surrender monument when it was located in the Vicksburg National Cemetery, i.e. after it was removed from the original site, but before it was relocated indoors to the visitor center. Note that it have had, apparently, its own marker, but the resolution of this image is too low to read more than the title lines, "An Act - To Establish and to Protect National Cemeteries...".
Photochrom postcard by the Detroit Photographic Company, 1900
9. The Surrender Monument, Vicksburg
Image courtesy of the Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 8, 2017. It was originally submitted on March 25, 2015, by William Bruce of Madison, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 980 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on March 25, 2015, by William Bruce of Madison, Wisconsin. 2. submitted on September 4, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee. 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on March 25, 2015, by William Bruce of Madison, Wisconsin. 7, 8, 9. submitted on August 30, 2015. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
