The 150th anniversary of the Civil War Battle of Vicksburg was celebrated Friday.The U.S. Navy Band performed at Vicksburg Military Park.It was the first in a series of concerts over the weekend to ...

Explore Vicksburg National Military Park, a key Civil War site in Mississippi where a 47-day battle helped reunite a divided ...

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DES MOINES – One hundred and fifty years ago today, scores of Iowans serving in the Union Army were dug in laying siege to the Mississippi town of Vicksburg. Two assaults, one on May 19, 1863, and ...

As the 150th anniversary of Vicksburg's surrender to Union forces in the Civil War arrives Thursday, people remember the thousands of lives lost in the battle.A total of 19,233 candlers filled the ...

Vicksburg National Military Park preserves the site of the American Civil War Battle of Vicksburg, waged from May 18 to July 4, 1863. The park, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Delta, Louisiana, also ...

Americans, on July 4th, celebrate the nation’s birthday, when the Continental Congress officially declared that the United States was no longer a British colony, but an independent country. It gained ...

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