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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.
October 15, 1966. Designated NMP. February 21, 1899 [ 2 ] 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.
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 ...
NRHP reference No. 03001140 [1] Added to NRHP. November 14, 2003. South Cherry Street Historic District is a historic district in Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S.. [2] The district is roughly rectangular in shape and includes Cherry Street and Monroe and Drummond Streets, from just south of South Street (the south boundary of the Uptown Vicksburg ...
Location of Warren County in Mississippi. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Warren County, Mississippi.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the city of Vicksburg and elsewhere in Warren County, Mississippi, United States.
Coordinates: 32.35347°N 90.88185°W. Lower Mississippi River Museum. The Lower Mississippi River Museum is a museum in Vicksburg, Mississippi. [1] [2] The Water Resources Development Act of 1992 authorized the Lower Mississippi River Museum and Riverfront Interpretive Site. Consultation was directed with the Smithsonian Institution in the ...
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 ...
Ballard, Michael B. Vicksburg, The Campaign that Opened the Mississippi. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004. ISBN 0-8078-2893-9. Bearss, Edwin C. The Campaign for Vicksburg. Vol. 1, Vicksburg is the Key. Dayton, OH: Morningside House, 1985. ISBN 0-89029-312-0. Eicher, David J. The Longest Night: A Military History of the ...