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Vicksburg is a historic city in Warren County, Mississippi, United States. It is the county seat. The population was 21,573 at the 2020 census. [5] Located on a high bluff on the east bank of the Mississippi River across from Louisiana, Vicksburg was built by French colonists in 1719. The outpost withstood an attack from the native Natchez people.
Vicksburg National Military Park preserves the site of the American Civil War Battle of Vicksburg, waged from March 29 to July 4, 1863. The park, located in Vicksburg, Mississippi, flanking the Mississippi River, also commemorates the greater Vicksburg Campaign which led up to the battle. Reconstructed forts and trenches evoke memories of the ...
The Siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863) was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War.In a series of maneuvers, Union Major General Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate Army of Mississippi, led by Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton, into the defensive lines surrounding the ...
38,586 total. (1,413 killed 3,878 wounded 3,800 missing 29,495 surrendered) [ 2 ][ 3 ] The Vicksburg campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War directed against Vicksburg, Mississippi, a fortress city that dominated the last Confederate -controlled section of the Mississippi River.
NRHP reference No. 93000850 [1] Added to NRHP. August 19, 1993. Uptown Vicksburg Historic District is a historic district in Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S.. The district is bounded by Locust Street, South Street, Washington Street, and Clay Street; also on Washington Streets between Grove and Veto Street; and also roughly bounded by Washington ...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 619 square miles (1,600 km 2), of which 589 square miles (1,530 km 2) is land and 30 square miles (78 km 2) (4.9%) is water. [ 3 ] The county exists in two sections, connected only by a narrow 500-foot wide section between Madison Parish, Louisiana and Issaquena County ...
Vicksburg itself was known as Walnut Hills in early days (from about 1806), because "When the first settlers arrived the hills on which the city now stands were densely wooded and covered from the river to their summits with a thick undergrowth of cane. The black walnut was very plentiful, and the new town was known for years as Walnut Hills."
The largest municipality by land area is Jackson, which spans 111.05 sq mi (287.6 km 2), while Sidon is the smallest, at 0.12 sq mi (0.31 km 2). [1] The city of Natchez is the oldest municipality in Mississippi, incorporated on March 10, 1803, and the city of Gluckstadt is the state's newest municipality, incorporated in June 2021. [3] [4]