Vicksburg
Grant's river siege
Vicksburg is a city in western Mississippi, situated on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River.
It is best known as the site of a pivotal Civil War siege in 1863, when Union forces under Ulysses S.
Grant captured the city after a 47-day campaign, giving the North control of the Mississippi and effectively splitting the Confederacy in two.
The Vicksburg National Military Park preserves the battlefield and attracts visitors interested in Civil War history.
Encirclement forcing surrender
- GrantFunds given officially
- PembertonGeorgia municipality, soda origins
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
fortifications · Union · Confederate · Mississippi · bombardment · trenches · capitulation · July Fourth
Southern state or major river
- downtownCentral business district
- courthouseLegal proceedings venue
- municipalityLocal governing district
- SouthernOf the region below
riverboat casino · tourism · historic district · antebellum · Washington Street · river town · bridges · port
Structures commemorating notable achievements
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- memorialsTributes to the departed
- ironcladImpossible to dispute
- cannonsLarge mounted artillery pieces
markers · graves · commemoration · preservation · park service · tour · tablets · state monuments
Longest North American watercourse
- bluffsMisleads about one's position
- deltaSymbol denoting variation
- leveeRiver flood barrier
- riverfrontLand along a river
bottomland · floodplain · loess · hills · confluence · oxbow · riverbank · terrain
Pre-Civil War residences
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- Old SouthPre-Civil War Southern states
- architectureBuilding design discipline
- historic preservationProtecting significant old structures
pilgrimage · mansions · Southern heritage · ghost tours · period furnishings
siege
Encirclement forcing surrender
- GrantFunds given officially
- PembertonGeorgia municipality, soda origins
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
campaign · fortifications · Union · Confederate · Mississippi · bombardment · trenches · capitulation · July Fourth · turning point
Mississippi
Southern state or major river
- downtownCentral business district
- courthouseLegal proceedings venue
- municipalityLocal governing district
Southern · riverboat casino · tourism · historic district · antebellum · Washington Street · river town · bridges · port · commerce
monuments
Structures commemorating notable achievements
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- memorialsTributes to the departed
- ironcladImpossible to dispute
cannons · markers · graves · commemoration · preservation · park service · tour · tablets · state monuments · visitor center
Mississippi River
Longest North American watercourse
riverfront · bottomland · floodplain · loess · hills · confluence · oxbow · riverbank · terrain · highlands
antebellum homes
Pre-Civil War residences
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- Old SouthPre-Civil War Southern states
- architectureBuilding design discipline
historic preservation · pilgrimage · mansions · Southern heritage · ghost tours · period furnishings
- Civil War FortsFort Sumter, Fort McHenry, Petersburg, coastal forts, earthworks
- "-burg" citiesPittsburgh, Hamburg, Salzburg, Johannesburg, Strasbourg
- American BattlesGettysburg, Antietam, Bunker Hill, Yorktown, Lexington
- Battle SitesGettysburg, Normandy, Waterloo, Antietam, Stalingrad
- historic sitesruins, historic site, basilica, monument, fortress
- Mississippi RiverItasca, levee, riverboats, steamboat, towboats
VicksburgChancellorsville
1863 Virginia battlefield
Fredericksburg · Gettysburg · Antietam · Richmond · Fort Sumter