Matthew Higgins earned a place in local history, but he had to give up his life to do it. His body was the first in Vicksburg...
Benjamin Montgomery was one of the most exceptional men in Warren County history. Though born a slave, his achievements are phenomenal. He was born in Loudon...
Making movies in Mississippi has become commonplace, but it had to start somewhere, and that was in Vicksburg in 1916. “The Crisis” was supposed to have...
The first city cemetery in Vicksburg was located roughly in the area north from Grove Street, south to Stouts Bayou, and from First North Street east...
Have any plans for celebrating New Year’s Eve? Our Vicksburg ancestors braved the cold night air to listen to the music of the Silver Cornet Band...
Fort Garrott was the best preserved of all the Confederate fortifications when the Vicksburg National Military Park was created in 1899 to commemorate the siege and...
When President Donald Trump gives a speech, his audience usually numbers more people than the population of Vicksburg. He’s never been here, but at least 11...
“What on earth is she doing now?” may be what Mahala Roach’s neighbors thought in December 1851. Mrs. Roach, who lived on Depot Street in downtown...
At approximately 2 a.m. on April 27. 1865, just a few weeks after the end of the Civil War, there was an explosion aboard the steamboat...
Do you remember the scene in “Gone with the Wind” when Miss Scarlett and Rhett Butler danced the Virginia Reel? Folks will be doing the same...
