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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YJ0_glass-mounds_Vicksburg-MS.html
The Glass site originally consisted of four pyramidal mound surrounding an open plaza, with a possible fifth mound located to the north. Of these, Mound A alone remains undamaged. It stands 30 feet high and has a ramp extending south toward the pl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YIT_yokena-presbyterian-church_Vicksburg-MS.html
Organized May 11, 1884, the Church was built on land that was part of a Spanish land grant and given by Mrs. Patty Hyland Gould Hankinson. Dedication was held Aug. 5, 1886. The first pastor, the Rev. C. P. Colmery, served 49 years. "Yokena" is par…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YIS_brierfield-and-hurricane_Vicksburg-MS.html
The Brierfield and Hurricane plantations of Jefferson and Joseph Davis were located west of here at Davis Bend. War, floods, and fire have destroyed most of the physical evidence of these plantation homes.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YID_frank-crump-jr_Vicksburg-MS.html
Navy veteran and Alcorn College graduate Frank Crump, Jr. taught at Rosa A. Temple High School (1960-1970) and was Vo-Tech Dean at Utica Junior College. During Freedom Summer in 1964, he registered African American voters and was a Mississippi Fre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-beade_the-vicksburg-queen-of-the-west_Vicksburg-MS.html
On February 2, 1863, the U.S.S. Queen of the West, a converted ram, attacked the C.S.S. Vicksburg, then lying at the city's landing. Almost completely destroyed in the action, the Vicksburg's engines were removed and sent to Mobile for reuse. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-50472_the-steamer-sultana_Vicksburg-MS.html
On April 24, 1865, the Sultana left Vicksburg with over 2,300 Union soldiers aboard, many of whom were former prisoners of war. Some 200 civilians were also on board, despite a legal limit of 376 people. Due to a faulty boiler, the Sultana explode…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-bedbb_c-s-s-arkansas_Vicksburg-MS.html
The C.S.S. Arkansas, an ironclad built in Yazoo City, met the Union vessels Queen of the West, Tyler and Carondelet on July 15, 1862, on the Yazoo River. Moving into the Mississippi, the Arkansas ran past thirty-nine Union vessels on her way to Vi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TW1_the-widow-blakely-historical_Vicksburg-MS.html
Because it was the lone Blakely rifled cannon in all the Vicksburg defenses, the Confederate soldiers called this 7.44-inch gun, "The Widow Blakely." During the siege it was mounted about 1 mile north of its present position. On May 22, 1863, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TV3_lum-home-historical_Vicksburg-MS.html
Site of Lum Mansion, Hq. of Gen. U.S. Grant, family & staff, after siege of Vicksburg, 1863. The 26 room house, built about 1820, was later destroyed by order of Capt. Cyrus B. Comstock to build fortification.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TUY_balfour-house-historical_Vicksburg-MS.html
Built mid-1830s. Home of diarist Emma Balfour, noted diarist of the Siege. Site of 1862 Christmas ball interrupted by arrival of Federal fleet. Following surrender, July 4, 1863, was HQ. of Maj.-Gen. J.B. McPherson.
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