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