My grandfather was a steamboat engineer who spent most of his working life on U.S. Army Corps of Engineer vessels. But he had a fondness for...
Wearing green on March 17 doesn’t make you Irish, but Vicksburg does have a close connection with the Emerald Isle. There’s even a special place in...
“I’ve seen that bed before,” the old man said. “Oh, you haven’t,” his wife of many years said. “You’re just imagining things.” He was insistent, however,...
Lamar Fontaine was born in Texas in 1829, 1830, 1840 or 1841 depending on who you believe. According to his own accounts, he was captured by...
Maybe you’ve used the term, and surely you’ve heard “and all that jazz,” but if it hadn’t been for a little known incident—really a misunderstanding of...
A recent story on “The Black Knight,” Alexander McClung, sparked interest in the sordid history of dueling in the Vicksburg area during the 1800s. McClung was...
This story comes from the book “Invocation to Death: The Final Hours of Col. Alexander Keith McClung” by Howell, H. Grady, Jr. Madison, Miss., 2014, and...
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...
