Vicksburg, Miss.
First stop was National Military Park but its all about the Vicksburg battle. I will say its like a small scale Gettysburg. The best part of the park was that you had signs for Union and Confederate stands on the hill. There were a few areas that were closed, like Grant’s Headquarters area and where Thayer’s Approach area. I took tons of pictures of the monuments but will not post them all. Now on to the history - the battle of Vicksburg. The siege started on May 18, 1863 but it really started in October 1862 when Major General Ulysses S Grant was ordered to clear the Mississippi River of Confederate resistance. President Davis knew that Vicksburg was “the nailhead that holds the South’s two halves together.” Vicksburg was the South’s lifeline. Lt. General John C Pemberton with 50,000 widely scattered confederate solders was expected to keep the river open. In December Grant begins maneuvers good for both land and water that should force...