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The park includes 1,325 historic monuments and markers, 20 miles (32 km) of historic trenches and earthworks, a 16-mile (26 km) tour road, a 12.5-mile (20.1 km) walking trail, two antebellum homes, 144 emplaced cannons, the restored gunboat USS Cairo (sunk on December 12, 1862, on the Yazoo River), and the Grant's Canal site, where the Union Army attempted to build a canal to let their ships ...
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In 1904, the government of Illinois appropriated over $190,000 (20% of their budget for that year) for the erection of a monument on the battlefield, now known as the Vicksburg National Military Park. [3] The monument was designed by architect William Le Baron Jenney and sculptor Charles Mulligan. Jenney had previously served in the Union Army ...
The Vicksburg National Military Park lies about 41 miles from Jackson, so a road trip here will clock in under an hour. The park contains nearly 1400 monuments and markers taking visitors through ...
Vicksburg National Military Park, Illinois Memorial Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. National Military Park, National Battlefield, National Battlefield Park, and National Battlefield Site are four designations for 25 battle sites preserved by the United States federal government because of their national importance.
In 2004, Vicksburg National Military Park dedicated a monument honoring the Black soldiers who fought in the Vicksburg Campaign. The troops were pivotal in a Union victory at Milliken's Bend ...
Spans Jackson Rd. in Vicksburg National Military Park: Vicksburg: Demolished by the National Park Service in June 2002 [10] 2: Sprague: Sprague: April 15, 1977 (#77000795) May 15, 1987: Vicksburg Harbor: Vicksburg: Severely damaged by fire in 1974. Sank during restoration in 1979. [11] Further damaged beyond repair during salvage in 1981. [12] [13]
Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site: 2: Natchez National Historical Park: 3: Shiloh National Military Park (shared with Tennessee) 4: Tupelo National Battlefield: 5: Vicksburg National Military Park: Includes Vicksburg National Cemetery; shared with Louisiana.