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LIVING HISTORY: The Vicksburg Post Presents PROFILE 2023

With its fighting spirit, thanks to highs and lows as numerous as the hills that blanket it, the ...

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RIDING INTO BATTLE ON EAGLE’S WINGS: The legend of ‘Old Abe’ endures for 160 years

Abraham Lincoln was the president during the Civil War. Old Abe — a bald eagle named for the ...

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Spirits of the Siege: Ghosts haunting Vicksburg long after battle ends

Footsteps tap the pavement behind you, keeping up with every step. From somewhere in the distance, stony eyes ...

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VICKSBURG’S ART PARK: Sculptures, monuments are VNMP’s understated treasures

Every year, thousands of tourists visit the Vicksburg National Military Park to absorb its history. For locals, it’s ...

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WHISTLING DICK: The legend of a ‘tortured thing’

By Tommy Presson | Guest Contributor One of the biggest mysteries of the Siege of Vicksburg concerns the ...

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HIDDEN IN THE BLUFFS: Life, Death and the business of Caves in Vicksburg

Mississippi writer David Cohn spawned the phrase, “The Mississippi Delta begins in the lobby of the Peabody Hotel ...

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SAFE HAVENS: Siege-era Vicksburg was a city of hospitals

At one point during the siege, Vicksburg was a city of hospitals — and the locations of those ...

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The church that never stopped: Christ Episcopal kept worshipping through battle

In the midst of the explosions and destruction by shells and rounds from Union gunboats and mortar barges ...

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Jefferson Davis and the Vicksburg of Tomorrow

To the majority of Americans, Jefferson Davis’s life is condensed to four years in which he served as ...

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THINGS LEFT BEHIND: Relics provide proof of the past

By Terri Cowart Frazier and Ben Martin | The Vicksburg Post Thousands arrive each year in Vicksburg to ...

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‘Poor Pitiful Thing’: Child’s Siege narrative provides link between generations

Behind the façade of a 58-year-old woman lies the spirit of a young girl, only 10 when she ...

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An Indelible Legacy: Sisters of Mercy left their mark on Vicksburg

In 1860, six members of the Sisters of Mercy began what became a legacy of service and commitment ...

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Travelers Rest Academy returns to long-standing history of Christian education

Since its formation, Travelers Rest Missionary Baptist Church has provided its members with spiritual guidance and support and ...

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QUITE A SOUVENIR: Siege-era mortar shell a childhood memento for Pratt

When Bryan Pratt was growing up, his family owned a number of properties around Vicksburg. When he was ...

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Vicksburg as a major center on the Mississippi River

On the eve of the Civil War, Vicksburg was a booming commercial center and port. “At one point, ...

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DESCENDANTS: Vicksburg’s past lives on through its people

The Last Gamble Patience Potticary Gamble didn’t do much more to become famous than cross the street — ...

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Emma Kline and the Spies among us

Unbeknownst to many a Union soldier, there were spies among them — women spies. Perhaps the guile of ...

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