The Wandering Rebel
Mississippi
Wanderings
Battle
of Vicksburg
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Vicksburg Battlefield |
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| 0. Jefferson Davis Monument, His
home was near Vicksburg 1 & 2. The old Railroad bridge 2. Outside the Mississippi Visitor's Center 4. Battlefield Entrance. 5. Looking South down the Mississippi 6. Union Siege Canon 7, 8 & 9. Demonstration Confederate Position. 8 shows the powder monkees 10. Various Canon sizes used at Vicksburg 11. Drive to 1st Union Position 12. Union Position 13. Iowa Monument 14 to 17. Union Canon aimed at Confederate Positions shown in pictures 19 and 20. 18. Union State Monument 19. The Shirley House. also called Wexford, built in the 1830's and the Illinois Monument 20 & 21. Confederate guns aimed at the Shirley House. 22. Confederate Guns aimed at the Shirley House, notice the blue painted markers, these are to Union Units. 23 & 24. The Wisconsin Monument 25.Union Position 26 & 27. Monument to the Black Mississippi soldiers, It is strikng for its brown color, it gives the impression of real life. 28. Gen. U. S. Grant 29. Face-off Union to the left and Confederate to the right. 30. Where the Yazoo meets the Mississippi 21 & 32. Ft. Hill. 27 is my favorite picture of the battlefield 33. The Texas Monument guarding the railroad. |
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U.S.S. Cairo |
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| A. Bow View B. Port Forward View C. Starboard View, where she struck the Torpedo D. Ship's Piston E. Ship's Paddlewheel F. View of the Port piston, showing the angle for power. G & H. Ship's Boiler I. Gun Port showing the armor J. Looking out the gun port. K. Looking up to the bridge L. Where the Yazoo flows into the Mississippi, the area where the Cairo sank. |
