Vicksburg prepares for its Sesquicentennial commemoration of the Siege of Vicksburg Situated high on the bluffs overlooking the mighty Mississippi River, Vicksburg prides itself on its perfect location as a midway point between Memphis and New Orleans as well as Dallas and Atlanta. As the city prepares for its sesquicentennial commemoration of the Civil War and looking back to that time, it is that location which made it a focus point during the struggle to unite our nation once again. President Abraham Lincoln even said, “Vicksburg is the key.” He knew that triumphing in the Siege of Vicksburg would lead to gaining control to the western part of our nation and the Mississippi
River. On July 4, 1863 he did just that. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. John Pemberton negotiated Vicksburg’s surrender giving the Union complete control. Visitors can relive that history by visiting the Vicksburg National Military Park and tour homes, museums and attractions in Vicksburg that highlight that time of grandeur. Commemoration events have already started in the area with the launch of the Vicksburg Art of Commemoration Guide, Emancipation Proclamation Commemoration, the Battle of Raymond Re-enactment and the U.S.S.
Cairo Anniversary Commemoration. This year brings lots of excitement to Vicksburg with Civil War sesquicentennial commemoration events. Events start in April with Tapestry: The Pilgrimage to Vicksburg and the Vicksburg Heritage Fair and continue until July 4, the anniversary of the Siege of Vicksburg’s surrender. The Vicksburg National Military Park has also been chosen by the National Park Service as a venue for a Civil War sesquicentennial signature event which has been scheduled for Memorial Day weekend. Activities include: concerts by the U.S. Navy Band, Mississippi Symphony Orchestra with special guest Trace Adkins, Jackson State University Mass Choir and the 41st U.S. Army Band; commemorations of the first assault on the city and the second assault of Vicksburg’s defenses; living history presentations that include cannon demonstrations and interpretation of soldier everyday life during the Civil War; Shadows of the Past; a display of Special Boat Unit 22, part of the Navy’s modern river forces; a rededication of the Iowa Memorial; special programs on Civil War engineering and siege tactics and on African-Americans and the Civil War exploring the roles of freemen, U.S. Colored Troops and enslaved peoples; and Soldiers through the Ages where a timeline of the military will be presented through static displays and programs. Civil War history is simply part of Vicksburg’s tapestry and can be found throughout the city at attractions including historic tour homes, the Old Court House Museum, the Lower Mississippi River Museum and the Old Depot Museum. Licensed guides are also available for personal guided tours through the city and the Vicksburg National Military Park. Enjoy shopping throughout the river city at downtown antiques and specialty shops as well as our outlet mall and other retail shopping. With so much to see and do, make sure to stay a while at one of Vicksburg’s grand bed and breakfast inns or luxurious hotels.
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Grant awarded to the Corinth Contraband Camp program CORINTH – Corinth will extend its commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Civil War into 2013 when it holds a symposium about the Corinth Contraband Camp. A Lower Mississippi Delta Initiative grant of $22,250 has been awarded to hold a threeday program focusing on the camp, Ashley Berry, supervising ranger of the Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center and Corinth Contraband Camp, announced in December. “In 1863 the camp was in full bloom,” Berry said, “and we want to educate not only our community but people in the surrounding area about what it meant.” These Corinth units of the National Park Service are part of Shiloh National Military Park. They will be partnering with the Ulysses S. Grant Association at Mississippi State University and the Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau to present the program. “The initiative is intended to promote heritage tourism along the Mississippi Delta,” Berry said. “It’s a boost for tourism-based economic development.” The contraband camp site represents the life of escaped slaves behind Union lines in occupied Corinth. Corinth's camp, which grew to about 6,000 residents at its peak, developed into a thriving community of farmers, laundry workers, blacksmiths, teachers, cooks and many other workers. They laid out streets, built lumber houses with street numbers and
divided the camp into wards, becoming known as a “model” contraband camp. The Siege and Battle of Corinth Commission worked with a team of archaeologists, local historians and other researchers to identify the site on North Parkway Street where the original 400-acre camp was located. There they purchased approximately 20 acres for a commemorative park which includes six life-size bronze sculptures, a walking trail, plantings, signage and a parking area. Though Union forces were taken off guard by former slaves, known as contraband, making their escape to freedom after the Emancipation Proclalmation was signed, they developed contraband camps to manage the influx. Further development of the contraband camp park is expected to include a small cabin and additional landscaping and interpretive signage. The story of the contraband camp is told more extensively at the Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center. The multi-million dollar interpretive center, which opened in 2004, explains why Corinth's story is central to understanding the Battle of Shiloh, which was fought for control of the highly strategic intersection of two railroads in Corinth – the Memphis and Charleston and Mobile and Ohio Railroads. The interpretive center tells of the African American Civil War experience that included formation of the first black regiment – the First Alabama Infantry of African Descent – at Corinth's contraband camp. lena.mitchell@journalinc.com
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Vicksburg Commemorates 150 Year Anniversary: April 33-27: 27: Tapestry: The Pilgrimage to Vicksburg tour of homes April 5-7: Vicksburg Sesquicentennial Heritage Fair May 2323-26: 26: Vicksburg Sesquicentennial Signature Event at the Vicksburg National Military Park Ju June ne & July: July: Living History Presentations Fridays Tuesdays at the Vicksburg National Military Park July 3: Grand Illumination at Vicksburg National Military Park July 4: Anniversary of Vicksburg Surrender July 4: Fireworks Show at the Waterfront
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In the spring of 1864 General William Tecumseh Sherman led more that 100,000 Union soldiers into northern Georgia. His mission was to capture the city of Atlanta, a vital center of transportation and industry. The city's fall would be a staggering blow to the already faltering southern Confederacy. To protect his army's vulnerable supply lines, Sherman ordered Union forces at Memphis, Tennessee to march into North Mississippi. Their job was to find and, if possible, destroy Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his Confederate cavalry. On the morning of June 10, 1864, Union and Confederate troops clashed near Baldwyn along the sleepy wooded lanes around Brice's Crossroads. Forrest led elements of his cavalry corps in a bloody day-long battle against a much larger Union army commanded by Brigadier General Samuel D. Sturgis. Fighting in the sweltering heat, Forrest used his superior knowledge of the enemy, aggressive tactics and favorable terrain to win one of the most decisive victories of the American Civil War, completely routing Sturgis' expeditionary force, and capturing most of their weapons and supplies. Forrest had won a stunning victory, but it was not complete. Despite the high cost, Sherman had in fact successfully diverted Forrest away from his supply lines. The Atlanta campaign could continue.
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The Battle of Booneville The Battle of Booneville was fought on July 1, 1862. Two days prior, Union Colonel Philip Sheridan established pickets, which proved to be a sound defense when attacked by Confederate troops. Union troops were advantageously armed with a new revolving rifle, whereas the Confederate troops were armed with single-shot weapons. During the fighting, which included hand-to-hand combat, additional Union forces attacked the Confederate troops from the rear, forcing them to retreat. After encountering swampy terrain, Sheridan called off the pursuit.
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THE BATTLE OF CROSSROADS IN CORINTH Control of the crossing of two railways, Memphis & Charleston and Mobile & Ohio, was the objectives of two battles, the Battle of Shiloh and the Battle of Corinth. Located there is the Crossroads Museum, which has permanent exhibits for Civil War history, aviation, business & industry and archeology.
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CORINTH CIVIL WAR INTERPRTIVE CENTER Operated by the National Park Service, the Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center is located at the site of a Union fort attacked viciously by Confederate soldiers during the Battle of Corinth. The Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center serves to help visitors better understand Corinth's role in the Civil War and to preserve the history in and around Corinth.
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CORINTH CONTRABAND CAMP
Many African Americans seeking freedom found refuge at Union occupied Corinth. Enlisted by Union General Grenville Dodge, the refugees worked various important jobs at the camp. The Corinth Contraband Camp was organized similarly to a small town, even including a church, school, hospital and homes.
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An annual event in Corinth for the past four years, in November 12,000 luminaries will light Corinth in honor of the casualties at the Battle of Corinth. There will also be a Civil War Encampment at the Civil War Interpretive Center and many downtown merchants will hold their Christmas Open Houses.
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During the occupation of Holly Springs, Union General Ulysses Grant and his family lived at Walter Place, a grand privately-owned antebellum home that is open year round for tours. Monday Saturday, tour is at 1 pm.
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December 20, 1862, Confederate General Earl Van Dorn led a raid on Union General Grant's supplies that resulted in a major disruption in Grant's plans to take over Vicksburg.
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The Battle of Iuka was fought on September 19, 1862. Six days earlier, Confederate Major General Price was moving his army from Tupelo to Nashville and arrived in Iuka, where they settled and waited for another Confederate cavalry, led by Major General Earl Van Dorn, to join them. They were planning to attack Union General Grant's communication lines in west Tennessee. However, before Van Dorn's troops could join them, Grant sent his armies to attack Price's troops. In a complex plan, Grant's troops succeeded in defeating the Confederates, who withdrew via the Fulton Road. They met with Van Dorn's cavalry in Ripley a few days later.
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In a letter to her parents Elizabeth Jane Beach, wife and mother, of New Albany, writes:
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New Albany, Mississippi, was one of the early stops of Grierson’s Raid of 1863, considered by scholars as the most successful raid during the Civil War. It is considered the year of desolation by the residents of north Mississippi. The people on the home front were on the front lines of this raid designed by General Ulysses S. Grant to divert men and supplies from the siege of Vicksburg. The raid was successful in helping ‘breaking the spine’ of the Confederacy with the fall of Vicksburg. Starting in April 1863, Col. Benjamin Grierson, a music teacher from Illinois who was afraid of horses, left La Grange, Tennessee, with 1700 horse soldiers. They rode more than 600 miles through the middle of Mississippi, the bread basket of the Confederacy, and hostile territory. Losing very little, Grierson gained a lot for the Union. He won a generalship for his success on this raid. Col. Grierson crossed the Tallahatchie River in New Albany April 18, 1863, at three major points of crossing. An attempt was made to burn the bridge at New Albany and there was a skirmish. The raiders then rode to Pontotoc and points south. Homes and villages were destroyed, home guards were killed and captured and supplies and sustenance were stolen and destroyed, rails were also destroyed. New Albany was burned and the Battle of Mud Creek, in the southwest corner of what is now Union County, was fought about two weeks before the fall of Vicksburg.
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“Dear Mother ….Smith's headquarters were at Bonds and Grierson's (sic) at Hill's. I can't begin to tell you how they treated everybody. We heard they were coming before they got here, . . . My house, garden, yard, and orchard were thronged with them all the time, toting off corn and fodder, chickens, vegetables, cooking utensils, and everything they could find, searching my house over and over. I had a great many nice young chickens, just large enough to fry. They caught them as they all went down and when they came back took all the old hens and roosters. I now have five old hens. That is my amount of chickens. They took everything they could find that we had to eat, such as chickens, vegetables, shotes (sic), and milk, but I had everything else hid even to my salt and lard and they did not happen to find it . . .. They did not take any of my clothes except pocket handkerchiefs. They got them all and would have taken our dresses if we had not fought over them soon as they pulled them out. I would take from them and throw them to Sarah…. She said she would fight over them a long time before they got them….
Grierson was not stopped. He slipped right through the very heart of Mississippi and six weeks later Vicksburg fell on July 4, 1863. This was the turning point in the war. There is an exhibit on this Civil War activity at the Union County Heritage Museum at 114 Cleveland Street in New Albany. Some geocachers follow the path of Grierson’s Raid today. There is a cache in New Albany near the Union County Heritage Museum that is one of several designating this famous Civil War raid that helped turn the tide of the war. Information courtesy of the Union County Heritage Museum.
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Union General William T. Sherman and his troops occupied College Hill Presbyterian Church as their headquarters in Oxford.
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Junction Highway 12 and Louisville Street, Starkville. Union Col. B.F. Grierson’s cavalry rode into town April 21, 1863, destroyed Rebel property and confiscated livestock. Grierson's Raid was a Union cavalry raid during the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. It ran from April 17 to May 2, 1863, as a diversion from Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's main attack plan on Vicksburg, Mississippi. Grierson and his 1,700 horse troopers rode over six hundred miles through hostile territory (from southern Tennessee, through the state of Mississippi and to Union-held Baton Rouge, Louisiana), over routes no Union soldier had traveled before. They tore up railroads and burned crossties, freed slaves, burned Confederate storehouses, destroyed locomotives and commissary stores, ripped up bridges and trestles, burned buildings, and inflicted ten times the casualties they received, all while detachments of his troops made feints confusing the Confederates as to his actual whereabouts and direction. Total casualties for Grierson's Brigade were three killed, seven wounded, and nine missing. Five sick and wounded men were left behind along the route, too ill to continue.
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THE BATTLE OF TUPELO JULY 14-15, 1864
Union troops, under the command of General Andrew Smith were attacked by Confederates, commanded jointly by Lt. General Stephen Lee and Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Smith had been ordered by Union General William T. Sherman to prevent Forrest from threatening Sherman's supply lines, which were vulnerable after the Union loss at the Battle of Brice's Crossroads. His troops arrived days earlier in Pontotoc from LaGrange, Tennessee while Forrest's troops were near Okolona. Forrest had been ordered by General Stephen Lee not to attack until his reinforcements arrived. Fearing an ambush, the Union troops moved east toward Tupelo. On the morning of July 14, though the Union troops were attacked from the left and the right, the Confederate troops lacked coordination, and after a few hours of fighting, Lee called off the attack. Smith did not pursue the Confederates and returned to LaGrange, Tennessee, with his mission to protect the supply lines accomplished.
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DAILY JOURNAL
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Vicksburg Sesquicentennial Commemoration Events
Information provided by Vicksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau.
A Place Called Raymond, Spring Pilgrimage. For more information visit www.friendsofraymond.org. Tour of Homes, Port Gibson. For more information call 601-437-4500. 1600 What Avenue? 1600 What Avenue? is a spoof concerning attitudes of both North and South as well as divided emotions of Blacks?. For more information call 601-437-4500. Apr. 3-6, 10-13, 17-20, 24-27: Tapestry: The Pilgrimage to Vicksburg. Experience the rich Tapestry of early Vicksburg life. Explore the fabric of Vicksburg society with tours of our historic homes and hallways. Enjoy interpretive presentations of Vicksburg’s history that bring to life the heritage and culture of this remarkable river city. 15 of Vicksburg’s most historic properties will tell their stories from antebellum grandeur to the Siege of Vicksburg to the turn of the 20th Century. Together these stories weave the Tapestry of who we are today. Ticket prices for Tapestry 2013 events are $30 for three presentations or $15 for one presentation. Tickets are available at each venue and at the Vicksburg Visitor Information Center, 52 Old Hwy 27, 601-636-9421 or 800-221-3536. Apr. 5 -7: Vicksburg Sesquicentennial Commemoration Heritage Fair. This event, which recalls the tent shows that raveled the South in the 19th Century, will spotlight downtown attractions such as Confederate General John C. Pemberton’s Headquarters on Crawford Street, the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation, and the Old Court House Museum. The event kicks off Friday, April 5 at the Southern Cultural Heritage Center for a concert from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. Workshops in music, crafts, and drama will be along Crawford Street from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm and a special street dance will begin at 4:00 pm on Saturday, April 6. The Old Court House Museum will also host a Harp Note Singers Workshop from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm as well as a concert from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. The fair will conclude on Sunday April 7 with a special “Battle of the Bands” concert on the lawn of the Old Court House Museum. For more information, contact the Vicksburg National Military Park at 601-6360583 or visit www.nps.gov/vick. Apr. 6: 21st Annual Civil War Show. The 21st Annual Civil War Show is from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Battlefield Inn, 4137 North Frontage Road. The show will feature tables of relics including weapons, accouterments, documents, bottles and memorabilia. Admission is $2. Vendor tables rent for $35. For more information call (601) 879-8196 or (601) 638-1195. Apr. 19-20: Battle of Port Gibson Sesquicentennial Commemoration. The Battle of Port Gibson Commemoration includes a living history presentations, a cemetery tour and a battlefield tour in the city that was “too beautiful to burn.” A Living History will be presented at
Grand Gulf Military Monument throughout the weekend. “Whispers in the Cedars,” a tour of Wintergreen Cemetery featuring local people who were active participants in the War Between the States, will take place at 7:00 pm on Friday, April 19 and at 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm on Saturday, April 20. A battlefield tour led by Brig. Gen. Parker Hills will take place from 10:00 am until noon on Saturday. For more information contact Pastor Michael Herrin at First Presbyterian Church of Port Gibson at michaelgherrin@juno.com. Apr. 22-26: Vicksburg National Military Park Fee Free Week. The Vicksburg National Military Park will be allowing free admission during these days. Entrance fees are normally $8 per vehicle and $20 for an annual pass. Call 601-636-0583 or visit www.nps.gov/vick for more information. Apr. 30 – May 27: Vicksburg National Military Park State Days. For more information call 601-636-0583 or visit www.nps.gov/vick.
MAY 2013 Midnight March to Shaifer House, Port Gibson. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Port Gibson (which took place on May 1st) participants will gather for a midnight march from the bottom of a hill along the old sunken road used by the Federal troops to reach the Shaifer House. With local men engaged in battles elsewhere, only women, children and their servants remained at the Shaifer House as the enemy approached. With no horses left behind to transport them to safety, the women managed to pull their loaded wagon to the Confederate line at Magnolia Church where help was found to carry them into Port Gibson. Those same women and children would return to the Shaifer House which has been used first as a headquarters and then as a Union hospital during the battle. One can only imagine the horrors they faced. For more information call 601-437-4500. Rivertown, Port Gibson. Rivertown, a story set in Vicksburg where the Mississippi River played a big part in all lives, revealing three cultures found there (Black, Jewish and Christian) as well as tales told by ghosts “living” in the Vicksburg National Military Park. For more information call 601-437-4500. 150th Anniversary Memorial of Battle of Raymond St. Mark's Episcopal Church. A somber reflection and commemoration for veterans of the American Civil War and all wars of the United States. For more information visit www.friendsofraymond.org. May 4-5: Vicksburg Sesquicentennial Commemoration: Civil War Reenactors Storytelling. Civil War reenactors will be stationed at numerous locations along the siege lines telling stories about the soldiers who fought and died for their respective causes. For more information call 601-636-0583 or visit www.nps.gov/vick. May 4-5: Sesquicentennial Camp of the Soldier. May 10-12: Vicksburg Film Festival: "Civil War Through the Lens." The Vicksburg Film Festival: “Civil War Through the Lens” features 2 films. Friday and Saturday showings at 7:00 pm and Sunday show time is at 4:00 pm. The festival will be at the Strand Theatre,
701 Clay Street. For more information call 601 618 9349 or visit www.westsidetheatrefoundation.com. May 18: 150th Anniversary of Champion Hill. The all-day sesquicentennial event on the Champion Hill battlefield will begin at 8:00 am on the grounds of Champion Hill MB Church. The historic site between Edwards and Bolton, Miss. was the home of the Champion Family and later used by General Grant as headquarters during the Battle of Champion Hill. Bertram Hayes-Davis, a great-great grandson of President Jefferson Davis, will be the featured speaker at the 10:00 am opening ceremony. He will be introduced by Michael Madell, superintendent of the Vicksburg National Military Park. Souvenir medallion will be awarded to those whose ancestors fought in the May 16, 1863 battle. You must be present to the medallion. Following the program, Lunch on the Lawn will be served ($10.00 a plate). Highlights of the afternoon will feature a stroll to the “Hill of Death” followed by a reenactment and a historic marker dedication at the Champion Hill Crossroads. Admission is free. Visit www.battleofchampionhill.org for more information. May 19: Commemoration of First Assault on Vicksburg. First Assault programs begin at 10:00 with the Confederate perspective at Stop 12, Stockade Redan in the Vicksburg National Military Park. The Union perspective begins at 1:00 pm at Stop 5, Stockade Redan Attack. For more information call 601-636-0583 or visit www.nps.gov/vick. May 22: Second Assault of Vicksburg Defenses. Second Assaults programs begin at 10:00 am at three separate locations in the Vicksburg National Military Park: Stop 5, Stockade Redan Attacks (The Forlorn Hope), Second Texas Lunette Attack and Assault on the Great Redoubt. At 1:00 pm the Assault on Rail Road Redoubt will begin. For more information call 601-636-0583 or visit www.nps.gov/vick. May 23: U.S. Postal Service release of Civil War Commemorative Stamps. The U.S. Postal Service will release the Civil War Commemorative Stamps at 10:00 am in the Vicksburg National Military Park. For more information call 601-636-0583 or visit www.nps.gov/vick. May 23: Vicksburg Sesquicentennial Commemoration: Shadows of the Past. Shadows of the Past, a historic walk around the Vicksburg National Cemetery will be presented from 7:00 – 10:00 pm. The program highlights veterans’ lives that are buried in the National Cemetery. For more information, contact the Vicksburg National Military Park at 601-6360583 or visit www.nps.gov/vick. May 24-27: Vicksburg Sesquicentennial Commemoration: Signature Event. A series of open air concerts will take place in front of the Vicksburg National Military Park Visitor Center, 3201 Clay Street. The US Navy Concert Band located in New Orleans will play a concert with a theme revolving around the Civil War on Friday at 7:00 pm. On Saturday evening, the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra with special guest Trace Adkins will perform at 8:00 pm. On Sunday evening, the Jackson Mass Community Choir will present a choral program beginning at 7:00 pm. All of these concerts are free to the public. Other activities during Memorial Day weekend include a display of Special Boat Unit 22, part of the Navy’s modern river forces, a rededication of the Iowa Memorial, and special programs on Civil War engineering and siege tactics and on African-Americans and the Civil War exploring the roles of freeman, US Colored Troops and enslaved peoples. There will also be ranger lead walks and talks during the weekend highlighting significant events during the Vicksburg Campaign. For more information, contact the Vicksburg National Military Park at 601-6360583 or visit www.nps.gov/vick.
JUNE & JULY 2013 Jun. 1-4: Living History Presentations. Living history presentations will be presented at 10:00 am and 3:00 pm at the Vicksburg National Military Park, 3201 Clay Street. Reenactors will give cannon demonstrations and explain the everyday life of a Civil War soldier during the Siege of Vicksburg. For more information visit www.nps.gov/vick or call 601636-0583. Jun. 7: Commemoration of battle of Milliken’s Bend. For more information call 601-6360583 or visit www.nps.gov/vick. Jun. 7-11, 14-18, 21-25 & Jun 28 - July 2: Living History Presentations. Living history presentations will be presented at 10:00 am and 3:00 pm at the Vicksburg National Military Park, 3201 Clay Street. Reenactors will give cannon demonstrations and explain the everyday life of a Civil War soldier during the Siege of Vicksburg. For more information visit www.nps.gov/vick or call 601-636-0583. Jun. 25: Commemoration of Explosion at Third Louisiana Redan. For more information call 601-636-0583 or visit www.nps.gov/vick. Jul. 3: Surrender Interview commemoration. For more information call 601-636-0583 or visit www.nps.gov/vick. Jul. 3: Grande Illumination. A luminary will be placed at each state monument for each casualty from that state during the Vicksburg Campaign. Approximately 20,000 luminaries will be placed throughout the park and on Confederate Avenue in the city. Visitors will drive/walk through the park in the evening to observe the luminaries. For more information call 601-636-0583 or visit www.nps.gov/vick. Jul. 4: Surrender of Vicksburg Commemoration. For more information call 601-636-0583 or visit www.nps.gov/vick.
Jul. 4: Vicksburg 4th of July Celebration. Fireworks and live music will be presented at 7:00 pm in front of the Old Depot Museum, 1010 Levee Street. Jul. 5-9: Living History Presentations. Living history presentations will be presented at 10:00 am and 3:00 pm at the Vicksburg National Military Park, 3201 Clay Street. Reenactors will give cannon demonstrations and explain the everyday life of a Civil War soldier during the Siege of Vicksburg. For more information visit www.nps.gov/vick or call 601-6360583.
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