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Battlefield Markers & Monuments: From Civil to World War – The Missouri State Memorial at Vicksburg National Military Park
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Kristen M. Pawlak (Trout) On the northeast sector of Vicksburg National Military Park near the Stockade Redan, sits the Missouri State Memorial, one of the only memorials there that is dedicated to both Federal and Confederate troops who served in one of the most consequential campaigns in the Western […]
Read more...In the Wake of Vicksburg, U. S. Grant as Commander of the Army of the Potomac?
By early August, 1863, Ulysses S. Grant had settled into administrative routine following the fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi—but Grant wasn’t one to sit idle long. He had set his eye on Mobile, Alabama, which he was “very anxious to take” and which he thought he could do “with comparative ease.” But even as Grant eyed […]
Read more...Matt Atkinson: A Tale from the Siege of Vicksburg
We’re just about two months away from the Fourth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge (Aug. 4-6). We’ve asked each of our speakers to share with us a story related to the topic they’ll be presenting as part of our “Great Defenses of the Civil War” line-up. Today, we feature Matt Atkinson and […]
Read more...The Stakes of Vicksburg
On April 30, and May 1, 1863, Union Major General U.S. Grant crossed his Army of the Tennessee over the Mississippi River south of Vicksburg. He then cut loose from his supply sources and plunged inland to surround the city and defeat the Confederates. Grant’s move has been cited as a great risk, which it […]
Read more...ECW Weekender: Vicksburg’s Old Courthouse Museum
“If you’re in Vicksburg, you have to go to the Old Courthouse Museum,” Rob Orrison told me. And so, upon Rob’s recommendation, I did. There atop one of Vicksburg’s tallest hills, in one of its most historic buildings, was one of the greatest collections of Civil War stuff I’ve ever seen. Mostly (but not all) […]
Read more...ECW Weekender: Pemberton’s HQ in Vicksburg
Considering how little John Pemberton wanted to be in Vicksburg, it’s a small wonder anyone would want to go there to visit him. Yet even today, his headquarters remains open for visitation a century and a half after the fall of the city. The National Park Service preserves Pemberton’s former HQ, which is located downtown […]
Read more...From Raymond to Vicksburg: In the Footsteps of an Illinois Battery
A few weeks ago I was looking through the pictures that I took on the Western Tour Chris Mackowski, his daughter Steph and I did in May. As I progressed through the pictures of the Raymond battlefield and at Vicksburg, something caught my eye. A particular unit continued to show up on the plaques and […]
Read more...Day Three: The Siege of Vicksburg
Part eight of a series The siege of Vicksburg nearly kills us. The heat index soars into the low 200s. Centigrade. The thermometer actually says something like 89, but it’s hard to read with all the sweat stinging my eyes. The humidity is high enough to choke a cat—or a Yankee. I might live in […]
Read more...Day Three: The Road to Vicksburg
Part seven in a series “You’re heading into banjo country,” a friend of ours warns us. He’s worked at Vicksburg, and we’ve asked him for advice on following Grant’s route across Mississippi. We spent the night in Jackson, so we’re going to hit some of the battlefields on our way into Vicksburg. We’ll hit them […]
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