The Great Road, The Jackson Road, Openwood Street, 1501
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Vicksburg, Warren County,
Mississippi.
The Fleckenstein - Coccaro Grocery Store 1839 - 1965
Catherine's Palace 1909 - 1965.
Built in 1839 in the . . . — — Map (db m179428) HM
The City of Vicksburg was founded in 1819 by Newit Vick, a Methodist minister. He died of yellow fever before the town could be laid out, however, leaving that task to his son-in-law, John Lane.
Incorporated in 1825 with a population of 180, the . . . — — Map (db m104040) HM
Torrential rains in the fall of 1926 and spring of 1927 set the stage for one of our Nation's worst natural disasters. Levees held back the water until breaks occurred at Mound Landing, MS and Pendleton, AR on April 21, 1927.
Bt the time the . . . — — Map (db m190862) HM
Front
Between 1953 and 1974 the Vicksburg-based Red Tops entertained legions of dancers with their distinctive mix of blues, jazz, and pop. Under the strict direction of drummer and manager Walter Osborne, the group developed a devoted . . . — — Map (db m103896) HM
On a February day in 1861 as Jefferson and Varina Davis were pruning roses on the lawn at Brierfield, their home south of Vicksburg, a messenger arrived informing Davis that he had been elected president of the Confederate States of America.
Mrs. . . . — — Map (db m104037) HM
On December 12, 1862, on the Yazoo River, a Confederate torpedo tore open Cairo's bow. The Union gunboat sank in 12 minutes. Cairo became the first armored warship sunk by an electrically detonated mine.
The torpedo which sank Cairo . . . — — Map (db m89283) HM
The largest and most powerful sternwheel towboat ever launched (318 feet long, 61 feet wide), the steamer Sprague, was constructed in 1901 by the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works in Iowa for the Monongehela River Consolidated Coal and Coke . . . — — Map (db m190860) HM
On April 24, 1865, the Sultana left Vicksburg with over 2,300 Union soldiers aboard, many of whom were former prisoners of war. Some 200 civilians were also on board, despite a legal limit of 376 people. Due to a faulty boiler, the . . . — — Map (db m103749) HM
The Sultana, a side-wheel steamboat built in Cincinnati in 1863, was 260' long and was designed to carry only 376 people along with its cargo.
On April 24, 1865, the Sultana docked in Vicksburg to pick up Union soldiers recently released from . . . — — Map (db m103996) HM
In April of 1861, rumors of Civil War became a reality at Charleston harbor when Fort Sumter was fired upon by Southern forces. Many leaders, both North and South, believed that a dash to capture the opposing side's capital city would bring a quick . . . — — Map (db m239678) HM
Vicksburg's first Garden Club was founded by Hester Craig Flowers in 1931 to "further the interest in home flower gardens and general beautification of the city."
By 1943, membership had grown to a point that the members were divided into twelve . . . — — Map (db m190856) HM
A corporal in the signal corps of the “Buffalo
Division” in WWII, Williams (1926-2014)was a
1948 graduate of Alcorn College. He became
Vicksburg's first black independent Licensed
Master Plumber and trained other African
Americans as Apprentice . . . — — Map (db m244338) HM
1st Div.; 15th Corps; Army of The Tennessee.
Capt. Louis Hoffman;
Lieut. George Froehlich.
The first section of the battery, under Lieut.
George Froehlich, served two 12-pounder howitzers
in this position from May 19 to the evening . . . — — Map (db m115445) HM
Buried here is Rev. Newitt
Vick, the founder of Vicksburg,
his wife Elizabeth, and their
four children. Vick, a Methodist
minister, and his wife settled
here in 1812: both died of
yellow fever in 1819. In 1825,
the Court Square was . . . — — Map (db m212987) HM
Founded 1820 and named for the Rev. Newitt Vick. Was originally site of Spanish Ft. Nogales. Later was U.S. Ft. McHenry. On July 4, 1863 the city surrendered to Gen. Grant. — — Map (db m51186) HM
Martha Vick House
Built in 1830 for the founder of Vicksburg's daughter, Martha Vick. This is the only home left in Vicksburg from the original Newit Vick Family. Martha, a spinster, did not need a large home. Her home was said to be a . . . — — Map (db m115532) HM
Beginning on May 16, 1863, Gen. U.S. Grant held city under siege, cutting off all supplies & driving citizens to caves to escape shells. C.S.A. Gen. John C. Pemberton finally surrendered July 4. — — Map (db m39572) HM
The river determined the location of Vicksburg to be on the hills above the Mississippi, safe from floods. The river was the highway of Mid-America, the lifeblood of the town and a haven for flatboats, barges, snag boats, dredges, steamboats and . . . — — Map (db m103987) HM
Planters Bank of Mississippi
Built in 1834 Planters Hall housed Vicksburg's first bank. During early banking in Mississippi, state law required the bank president and his family to live on the second story of the bank. When the bank . . . — — Map (db m115477) HM
Vicksburg's first floodwall, built to keep annual spring flood waters from disrupting commercial activity along Levee Street, was completed in 1924. It was financed on a shared basis agreement between the City of Vicksburg, the Yazoo and Mississippi . . . — — Map (db m104062) HM
First known Dayton's Cowpen, Waltersville is
one of Warren County's oldest settlements. In
1798, a copy of "The Galley Slave,” the first
printing in the Mississippi Territory, was
printed in this area. Named for Sam Walters,
who owned a . . . — — Map (db m157607) HM
Washington Street became the commercial center of Vicksburg in 1839 when a fire destroyed the downtown area on Main Street. This scene, c.1912 shows the 1400 block looking north toward the Yazoo Canal. In the early 20th century, Vicksburg was the . . . — — Map (db m103988) HM
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The long and distinguished career of William “Bill” Ferris, one of America’s leading folklorists, was inspired by the blues, religious music, and stories he heard while growing up on his family’s farm in rural Warren County. . . . — — Map (db m148589) HM
Fannie Vick Willis Johnson
Fannie Johnson spent her life helping others and avoiding publicity. She funded two YMCAs during the days of racial segregation. The "Blacks Only" YMCA was located here with the "Whites Only" YMCA three blocks . . . — — Map (db m115473) HM
They were all volunteers-and unmarried—those 150 Union men
called the "Forlorn Hope." Powerful cannon had pounded the
Confederates for four straight hours. Laden with planks and hastily
built ladders, they struggled up the road in front of . . . — — Map (db m109458) HM
Brig. Gen. William E. Baldwin;
Col. Allen Thomas;
Col. Robert Richardson;
Brig. Gen. William E. Baldwin.
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17th Louisiana,
Col. Robert Richardson;
Lieut. Col. Madison Rogers;
Maj. W. A. Redditt; . . . — — Map (db m134026) HM WM
Capt. William N. Hogg;
Lieut. Christopher C. Scott;
Lieut. Robert N. Cotten.
A detachment of the battery, under Lieut. Christopher C. Scott, served one 3-inch rifle in this position from May 18 to about May 30, 1863, when . . . — — Map (db m110765) HM
Capt. William A. Davidson.
The right section of the company, under Lieut.
Jeff Thompson, served two 3-inch rifles in this
position from about May 21 to the end of the
defense, July 4, 1863. — — Map (db m109518) HM
Capt. H.H. Sengstak.
The battery served two 6-pounder guns, one 3-inch rifle and one 24-pounder howitzer on the line of Moore's Brigade in undetermined positions from May 18 to the end of the defense, July 4, 1863. Casualties in battery . . . — — Map (db m115592) HM
Capt. William N. Hogg;
Lieut. Christopher C. Scott;
Lieut. Robert N. Cotten.
A detachment of the battery, under Lieut. Christopher C. Scott served one 3-inch rifle in this position, Third Louisiana Redan, from May 18 to the end . . . — — Map (db m109651) HM
Capt. William N. Hogg;
Lieut. Christopher C. Scott;
Lieut. Robert N. Cotten.
A detachment of the battery, under Lieut. Robert N. Cotten, served one 3-inch rifle in this position, directly on the Jackson Road, from about May 30 to the . . . — — Map (db m115629) HM
Capt. J.Q. Wall.
Part of the company served pieces, number, kind and caliber unknown, on the line of Moore's Brigade in undetermined positions from May 18 to the end of the defense, July 4,1863. A detachment probably served one Whitworth . . . — — Map (db m115616) HM
Capt. C.B. Vance.
The first section of the company, under Lieuts. T.H. Cunningham and B.T. Mathews, served two 12-pounder howitzers in this position from about June 15 to the end of the defense, July 4, 1863. — — Map (db m109451) HM
Capt. S. J. Ridley;
Lieut. Charles E. Hooker;
Lieut. P. B. Lancaster.
One section of the company, under Lieut. P. B. Lancaster, served two 12-pounder howitzers in this position, near Fort Hill, from the morning of May 19. . . . — — Map (db m110839) HM
Capt. C.B. Vance.
The company served two 6-pounder guns and two 12-pounder howitzers in this position from the morning of May 19 to about May 26, 1863, when the pieces were moved to other positions. Reported casualties in battalion during . . . — — Map (db m134001) HM WM
Capt. J.H Yates
The second section of the company, under Lieut. W. J. Shelton, served two 6-pounder guns and one 24-pounder siege gun in this position, Fort Hill, from the morning of May 19 to about June 12, when the siege gun was . . . — — Map (db m110841) HM
Capt. J. H. Yates.
The first section of the company, under Lieut. R. B. Jones, served two 12-pounder guns in this
position from the morning of May 19 to the end of the defense, July 4, 1863. — — Map (db m134011) HM WM
Lieut. F.W. Merrin
The company, under Capt. Jacob Culbertson, was engaged in the battle of Champion Hill, May 16,attached to Loring's division. At the close of that battle one section, under Capt. Culbertson, moved to Crystal Springs . . . — — Map (db m110745) HM
Capt. T. K. Emanuel;
Lieut. John R. Scalter.
The company served pieces, number, kind and caliber unknown, on the line of Hebert’s Brigade in undetermined positions from May 18 to the end of the defense, July 4, 1863. A detachment . . . — — Map (db m115748) HM
Capt. J.L. Wofford.
A detachment of the company, under Sergt. H. F. Sproles, served one 6-pounder gun in this position from May 19 to the end of the defense, July 4, 1863. — — Map (db m134018) HM WM
Capt. J.L. Wofford.
A detachment of the company served one 12-pounder howitzer and one 3-inch rifle in this position from May 19. The 3-inch rifle was disabled within a few days. The howitzer was served to the end of the defense, July 4, . . . — — Map (db m134022) HM WM
Capt. J.L. Wofford.
The company was attached to Featherston’s brigade of Loring’s division in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, and was not closely engaged. At the close of that battle it fell back with the army to Vicksburg. A . . . — — Map (db m134024) HM WM
Capt. J.L. Wofford.
A detachment of the company under Lieut. A.J. Arnold, served one 24-pounder howitzer and one 3-inch rifle in this position from May 19 to the end of the defense, July 4,1863-except that the howitzer was moved to a pit at . . . — — Map (db m134025) HM WM
Capt. J.J. Cowan.
The company was engaged in the Battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, attached to Loring's Division; casualties, wounded 2. At the close of that battle it fell back with the army to Vicksburg most of the enlisted men . . . — — Map (db m115589) HM
Capt. Henry Cuibor:
Lieut. William Corkery;
Lieut. Cornelius Heffernan.
The battery was engaged: at Grand Gulf, the evening of March 31, against Admiral Farragut’s vessels. Casualties, killed 2, wounded 2, total 4, Capt. Henry Cuibor . . . — — Map (db m134029) HM WM
Capt. T. N. Johnston.
A detachment of the company served one 3-inch rifle in this position, Fort Hill, from May 19 to the end of defense, July 4, 1863. — — Map (db m109453) HM
Capt. John C. Landis;
Lieut. John M. Langan.
The battery, under Capt. John C. Landis, was engaged in the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, without reported casualties: and in the Battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, under Lieut. John M. . . . — — Map (db m116011) HM
Captain Schuyler Lowe;
Lieut. Thomas B. Catron.
One section under Sergt. William A. Fisher, served one six pounder gun in this lunette from about May 23, to the end of the defense, July 4, 1863. Casualties in battery during the campaign . . . — — Map (db m115666) HM
Capt. J.P. Lynch.
A detachment of the company served one 32-pounder smoothbore gun in this position from about May 24 to the end of the defense, July 4, 1863. One 30-pounder Parrott rifle was served in this position by a detachment from a . . . — — Map (db m134013) HM WM
54th Alabama (Detachment), Lieut. Joel P. Abney
City Guards, Capt. E. B. Martin.
Signal Corps, Capt. C. A. King.
The Detachment of the 54th Alabama, Buford's Brigade, Loring's
Division, was engaged in the Battle of Champion's Hill, May . . . — — Map (db m115569) HM
One piece of artillery, kind and caliber unknown, was served in this work from May 18 to the end of the defense, July 4, 1863, by a detachment of either Sengstak's, Tobin's, Landis; or Wall's battery. — — Map (db m115621) HM
1st Louisiana Heavy Artillery, {Colonel C. A. Fuller.
{Lieut. Col. D. Beltzhoover.
8th Louisiana Heavy Artillery Battalion, Major F. N. Ogden
22nd Louisiana (Detachment). Captain Samuel Jones.
1st Tennessee Heavy . . . — — Map (db m115576) HM
15th Corps 3rd Division
Second Brigade
Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Mower
11th Infantry
Major Eli Bowyer
Colonel Andrew J. Weber
Lieut. Col. William L. Barnum
Killed 7, wounded 92, missing 3,
total 102: Col. Andrew J. . . . — — Map (db m110102) HM
Capt. Samuel E. Barrett;
Lieut. Israel P. Rumsey.
The battery, May 19, served four 6-pounder guns and two 12-pounder howitzers on this ridge and to the left of this tablet, which marks the position of the . . . — — Map (db m109740) HM
Capt. Samuel E. Barrett;
Lieut. Israel P. Rumsey.
The battery served four 6-pounder guns and two 12-pounder howitzers in this position from the morning of May 22 to the evening of May 26, when it went with the force under . . . — — Map (db m110734) HM
Lieut. John A. Fitch;
Capt. Allen C. Waterhouse.
A detachment of the battery served one 30-pounder Parrott rifle in this position, Battery Jenny, from about June 5 to June 22, 1863, when the battery moved with the 1st and 3D . . . — — Map (db m109737) HM
Capt. Levi W. Hart.
The battery served four 20-pounder Parrott rifles from about May 27 and one 30-pounder Parrott rifle from about May 30, to about June 10, in this position, when the right section, under Lieut. Francis DeGress, . . . — — Map (db m110733) HM
Companies D and K were assigned to duty on gunboats by order of Major General U.S. Grant, dated February 18, 1863; Company D, under Captain Eberlee P. H. Stone served during the campaign and siege of Vicksburg on gunboat "Tyler" . . . — — Map (db m109750) HM
This regiment was detailed for service on gunboats by order of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, dated February 6, 1863; before that date it was attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Corps, Army of the Tennessee. Casualties: . . . — — Map (db m109753) HM
Beginning of Logan's approach to the Confederate Third Louisiana Redan. Work on it commenced, May 26, 1863, in charge of Capt. A. Hickenlooper, Chief Engineer, 17th Army Corps. — — Map (db m109646) HM
End of Logan’s approach to the Confederate Third Louisiana redan; carried to this point, June 22, and a gallery for a mine begun next day. The gallery carried 40 feet to the front and a mine at its head, charged with 2200 pounds of powder, fired . . . — — Map (db m109648) HM
Lieut. Cyrus Sears;
Lieut. Fletcher E. Armstrong;
Capt. Frank C. Sands.
The battery served two 6-pounder guns, two 12-pounder howitzers and two James rifles on the investment line from May 19 to May 26, when it . . . — — Map (db m109631) HM
Capt. Ambrose A. Blount:
Capt. Charles S. Rice.
The 2d section, under Lieut. William Hunt, served
two 10 pounder Parrott rifles in this position, "Burnt
Chimneys," from the morning of May 21 to about May
25, 1863, . . . — — Map (db m104188) HM WM
Capt. Ambrose A. Blount:
Capt. Charles S. Rice.
The 1st section, under Lieut. George A. Ege, served two 10-pounder Parrott Rifles in this position from about June 7 to the end of the siege, July 4, 1863. From May 19 to about . . . — — Map (db m133923) HM
Capt. Martin Klauss.
Two sections served four James rifles in this
position, "Burnt Chimneys," from about May 22 to
the end of the siege, July 4, 1863. Aggregate
reported casualties in battery during the campaign
and siege: . . . — — Map (db m104192) HM WM
U.S.
1st Battery,
Wisconsin Light Artillery;
9th Div.; 13th Corps; Army of the Tennessee.
Lieut. Charles B. Kimball;
Lieut. Oscar F. Nutting.
The right section of the battery served two . . . — — Map (db m103764) HM
Capt. William S. Williams.
The battery served two 6-pounder guns and four James rifles in this position from about May 25 to June 6, when one of the 6-pounder guns was moved to an advanced battery on right of Jackson Road. The other . . . — — Map (db m109784) HM
Capt. Samuel DeGolyer
Lieut. Theodore Lockwood
The battery served two 12-pounder howitzers and four James rifles in this position from about May 25, to the end of the siege July 4, 1863, except that one 12 pounder . . . — — Map (db m109780) HM
Capt. Henry Dillon;
Lieut. Samuel F. Clark.
The battery served its pieces in temporary positions near the Jackson Road from May 19 to about May 31. One section served two 12-pounder howitzers in this position from about May 31 to . . . — — Map (db m109637) HM
Capt. James F. Putnam.
The battery served two 30-pounder Parrott rifles in this position from about May 24 to the end of the siege, July 4, 1863. — — Map (db m109798) HM
Capt. Samuel E. Barrett;
Lieut. Israel P. Rumsey.
The left section of the battery served its pieces in this position from the morning of May 20, 1863, to the evening of the next day. — — Map (db m109731) HM
Capt. Charles Mann.
The battery served two 6-pounder guns and two 12-pounder howitzers on this ridge from about May 24 to the evening of May 26, when one section, under Lieut. Clemens Goedde, went with the . . . — — Map (db m109858) HM
Capt. Clemens Landgraeber.
The battery served two 12-pounder howitzers and four James rifles in a battery, not in the park and about 15 yards West of this tablet, from May 19 to the end of the siege, July 4, 1863. Aggregate reported . . . — — Map (db m109803) HM
Capt. Frederick Sparrestrom;
Lieut. John W. Lowell.
By a collision between the transports "Horizon" and "Moderator", about 3 a.m., May 1, while the battery was crossing the river to Bruinsburg, Mississippi, . . . — — Map (db m109632) HM
Capt. William H. Bolton.
The battery served four James rifles in this position from about May 25 to the end of the siege July 4, 1863, except that after about June 15, one rifle, in charge of a daily detail . . . — — Map (db m109643) HM
Capt. Patrick H. White A detachment of the center section, under Lieut. George Throop, with the help of enlisted men of infantry regiments, dragged one of its 6-pounder guns by hand to this position in the assault, May 22, 1863, and . . . — — Map (db m192894) HM
Maj. Maurice Maloney.
A detachment of the regiment, under Capt. E.D. Phillips, served one 30-pounder Parrott rifle in this position from May 21 to the end of the siege, July 4, 1863. — — Map (db m115626) HM
Beginning of Ewing's Approach to the Confederate Stockade Redan. Work on it begun, May 23, 1863, by details from his brigade and from 1st and 3D brigades, 3D Division, 15th Corps. — — Map (db m109733) HM
End of main gallery from Ewing's approach. Carried to this point the forenoon of July 4. Preparations had been made for charging a mine at head of gallery with 2200 pounds of powder, when work was stopped by order of Gen. Grant. — — Map (db m115812) HM
End of Giles A. Smith's approach to Confederate Lunette in front. Carried to this point July 3, and a galley for a mine started but not finished. Sap-roller at head of approach faced by a Confederate 6-pounder rifled gun in ditch in front of . . . — — Map (db m115813) HM
End of Thayer's Approach to Confederate work in front. Carried to this point about July 3, and a gallery for a mine begun but not finished. Work in charge of Capt. Herman Klosterman. — — Map (db m134042) HM WM
Capt. T.D. Yost.
The battery was Company F. 32D Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, prior to the Battle of Champion Hill, May 16. Two 12-pounder guns and four 3-inch rifles captured in that battle were turned over to it. Two sections . . . — — Map (db m110768) HM
Commemorating the service of the 1st and 3rd Mississippi Infantry Regiments, African Descent and all Mississippians of African descent who participated in the Vicksburg Campaign. — — Map (db m42187) HM
Had you stepped aboard the USS Cairo
during the Civil War, the conversations may
have surprised you. So many languages! Stroll
the decks and you might have heard French,
Danish, Russian, German, and accents from
Ireland, England, and the . . . — — Map (db m109464) HM
The earthen slope in front of you marks the southern edge
of Great Redoubt, the largest fort and highest point on the
defensive line. Today's tour road follows the deep, dry
moat that once fronted the wall of the fort and gave
the . . . — — Map (db m115410) HM
In mid-19th century America, rivers were highways. And
the Mississippi was the greatest of them all—the nation's
main artery for commerce leading all the way to the Gulf
of Mexico. By early 1863, two Confederate strongholds
still blocked Union . . . — — Map (db m109452) HM
Look down to your left to see one of Cairo's restored firebox doors. Coal shoveled into the fireboxes heated the boilers. Steam from the boilers powered Cairo's engines and drove the paddle wheel. A gunboat without steam could not move . . . — — Map (db m110400) HM
A mine, at the head of Logan’s Approach to the Third Louisiana redan, was begun on June 23, finished the forenoon of June 25 and charged with 2200 pounds of powder. Leggett's (1st) Brigade of Logan’s (3D) Division, 17th Corps, occupied the trenches, . . . — — Map (db m109722) HM
Captain Fifth Ohio Battery
Chief Engineer 17th Army Corps
March 29—July 4, 1863
Logan's Approach and the mines
at its head under the Confederate
Third Louisiana Redan were under
his personal direction
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Given by . . . — — Map (db m110730) HM
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