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Vicksburg, Mississippi

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Vicksburg is a city strategically located on a bluff above a bend of the Mississippi river. It earned the name of "Gibraltar of the Confederacy" as the last obstacle to Union control of the Mississippi River. Although its defenses remained impregnable, its surrender after a long siege was a pivotal event of the Civil War. The magnitude of the military events can be grasped through more than a thousand monuments erected amongst battle position markers in Vicksburg National Military Park. The historical town has a number of antebellum houses and a few quirky museums, from the instructive Old Courthouse museum, set in an impressive building (where the Union Flag was first flown after the siege), to the Biedenharn Candy and Coca-Cola memorabilia museum where the drink was bottled for the first time. Since then, riverboats have been reconverted into casinos.

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Entrance sign, Vicksburg National Military Park. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Union position markers on battlefield, Vicksburg National Military Park. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Cannon, union position marker, and monument, Vicksburg National Military Park. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Confederate position marker and cannon, Vicksburg National Military Park. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Obelisk and statues commemorating a unit, Vicksburg National Military Park. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Headstones and trees, Vicksburg National Military Park. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Ironclad union gunboat Cairo, Vicksburg National Military Park. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Inside the union gunboat Cairo, Vicksburg National Military Park. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Old courthouse museum in fall. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Historic courthouse. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Columns on side of old courthouse museum. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Cannons in front of the old courthouse museum. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Horse carriage at street intersection. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Horse carriage in front of Biedenharn Candy building. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Coca Cola memorabilia seen from window. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Vintage Coca Cola soda fountain. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Corner historic drugstore and medical center. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Horizon riverboat casino at dusk. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Entrance sign and cannon, Vicksburg National Military Park. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Monument, Union position markers, and gun, Vicksburg National Military Park. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Blue (union) lines markers during civil war pivotal battle, Vicksburg National Military Park. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Cemetery, Vicksburg National Military Park. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) USS Cairo, a ironclad union gunboat sunk by a mine, Vicksburg National Military Park. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Stern of the union steamboat Cairo, Vicksburg National Military Park. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Canon and iron armor of the Cairo, Vicksburg National Military Park. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Old courthouse museum. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Historic courthouse museum. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Biedenharn Candy building, where Coca-Cola was first bottled. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Collectino of Coca Cola bottles. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Ameristar casino riverboat. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Bridge over the Mississippi river at dusk. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color) Ameristar casino by night. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (color)

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