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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.
Balfour House. Balfour House is an antebellum mansion located at the corner of Crawford Street and Cherry Street in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Built in 1835, it was the home of Emma Balfour, [a] celebrated diarist of the Siege of Vicksburg. The red-brick, two-story structure features elements of Greek Revival and Federalist styles and is listed on ...
Jeptha Vining Harris (December 1, 1816 – November 21, 1899) was a brigadier general (August 1862 – August 1863) and later, after a year in private life, a colonel (August 1864 – 1865) in the Mississippi State Troops, who fought in conjunction with the Confederate States Army in Mississippi during the American Civil War (Civil War).
William Augustus Lake (1808–1861), U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1855–57). [15] Alexander Keith McClung (1811–1855), lieutenant colonel in 1st Mississippi Regiment during the Mexican–American War, and U.S. chargé d'affaires to Bolivia (1849–51). [16] Buddie Newman (1921–2002), Speaker of the Mississippi House of ...
The Magnolias is a historic house in Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S.. It is a two-story, framed Late Victorian style residence built between c. 1877 – c. 1880. [2] It is considered a good example of local architecture and still maintains the "Vicksburg pierced columns" on the exterior. [2] Tours of the home are sometimes available, and has been ...
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; [ a ] April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865. Grant was born in Ohio and graduated from the United States Military Academy (West Point) in 1843.
Hurricane Plantation was a plantation house located near Vicksburg, Mississippi, was the home of Joseph Emory Davis (1784–1870), the oldest brother of Jefferson Davis. Located on a peninsula of the Mississippi River in Warren County, Mississippi, called Davis Bend after its owner, Hurricane Plantation at its peak in the antebellum era ...
Sportspeople from Vicksburg, Mississippi (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "People from Vicksburg, Mississippi" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total.