Vicksburg National Military Park
Vicksburg campaign map
Vicksburg Battlefield auto tour
Siege of Vicksburg
Vicksburg Battlefield
Vicksburg Battlefield cannon display
Slavery and Disunion
USS Cairo: painting of sinking
Cut glass bowl from home of President Jefferson Davis
Civil War Carbines
Carbines
The Struggle for Control of the Mississippi River
Vicksburg Campaign Map
Occupation and Reconstruction
"shut up as in a trap"
surviving the siege
"from enslaved people to freedom fighters"
Negro soldiers
Camp Life
Camp life
Caring for the Wounded
Medical facilities
Life in the Trenches
Life in the trenches
Generals Pemberton and Grant
General Pemberton's sword
siege mortar
Civil War Infantry
12-pound howitzer
Battlefield arch at beginning of tour
Union Position Tablet
The Mine Explosion
Affair of the Crater
Vicksburg Battlefield: Alabama Battery
Confederate Position Tablet
Vicksburg Battlefield: Illinois Monument
Vicksburg Battlefield: Shirley House
Vicksburg Battlefield: General Grant statue
Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi
Engagement at Raymond, Mississippi
Engagement at Jackson, Mississippi
Battle of Champion's Hill, Mississippi
Engagement at Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi
Assault on the Confederate Line of Defense, May 19
Assault on the Confederate Line of Defense, May 22
Siege Operations, May 23-July 4
General Summary of Casualties
Vicksburg Battlefield: monument to African-American veterans
Thayer's Approach
Vicksburg Battlefield: Thayer's Approach
Operations of the Union Navy
Vicksburg Battlefield: Union Navy monument
David Dixon Porter, USN
David Glasgow Farragut, USN
Vicksburg Battlefield: USS Cairo
Vicksburg Battlefield: USS Cairo, The Steam Drum
Vicksburg Battlefield: USS Cairo, The Boilers
Vicksburg Battlefield: USS Cairo, The Hammocks
Vicksburg Battlefield: USS Cairo, The Capstan
Vicksburg Battlefield: USS Cairo, The Pilothouse
Vicksburg Battlefield: USS Cairo, The Galley
Vicksburg Battlefield: USS Cairo, Hatch to the Coal Bunker
Vicksburg Battlefield: USS Cairo, The Armor
Vicksburg Battlefield: USS Cairo, The Hog Chains
Vicksburg Battlefield: USS Cairo, The Ship's Boats
Vicksburg Battlefield: USS Cairo, The Rudders
Vicksburg Battlefield: USS Cairo, The Paddle Wheel
Vicksburg Battlefield: USS Cairo, The Officers' Quarters
Vicksburg Battlefield: USS Cairo, The Wheelhouse
Vicksburg Battlefield: USS Cairo, The Engines
Vicksburg Battlefield: USS Cairo, Manning the Guns
Vicksburg Battlefield: USS Cairo, The Chimneys
Vicksburg Battlefield: USS Cairo, Ship's Stores
Vicksburg Battlefield: USS Cairo, The Guns
Vicksburg Battlefield: USS Cairo, The Sinking of the Cairo
"She went down in twelve minutes and not a soul aboard was lost."
Artifacts retrieved from USS Cairo
Dahlgren Boat Howitzer
USS Cairo ship's bell
USS Cairo model
USS Cairo pump
USS Cairo historical preservation
Lower Yazoo and site of Cairo sinking
View of Mississippi River
Vicksburg Battlefield: Thayer's Approach from Confederate position
C.S. Army of Vicksburg
River Batteries, Army of Vicksburg
Assault on Confederate Line of Defense, May 19
Assault on Confederate Line of Defense, May 22
Vicksburg Battlefield: General Pemberton
Vicksburg Battlefield: President Jefferson Davis
Welcome to Mississippi
Mississippi River bridge
Vicksburg tourist information center
Vicksburg Siege
Mississippi: The Magnolia State
Vicksburg Old Court House
Vicksburg