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Vicksburg Bridge & Old Vicksburg Bridge
Warren County, Mississippi

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Mississippi Trip, Summer 1996. We went to Vickburg National Military Park and Biloxi Beach

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Mississippi Trip, Summer 1996. We went to Vickburg National Military Park and Biloxi Beach

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Mississippi Trip, Summer 1996. We went to Vickburg National Military Park and Biloxi Beach

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Mississippi Trip, Summer 1996. We went to Vickburg National Military Park and Biloxi Beach

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Dedicated in 1909, the Mississippi Memorial cost $32,000 to construct. The bronze work was fabricated in Italy and shipped to New Orleans. It was added to the monument in 1912.

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The Tennessee Memorial in the Vicksburg National Military Park is one of the newer monuments. It was erected by the Tennessee Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and was didicated on June 29, 1996.

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The Illinois Memorial is modeled after the Roman Pantheon. It is the largest monument in the park, and there are 47 steps up to the monument, one for each day of the siege of Vicksburg.

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Battery De Golyer was the largest concentration of Union cannons at the Siege of Vicksburg. There were originally 22 cannons. The Battery faces the Confederate stronghold, the Great Redoubt, built to protect the road to Jackson.

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At 202 feet in height, the Navy Memorial is the tallest monument in the Vicksburg park. It was erected to honor all of the officers and men of the United States Navy who served at Vicksburg.

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From this view you can see many of the 47 steps leading up to the entrance to the Illinois Memorial in the Vicksburg National Military Park. The memorial was originally built at a cost of $194,423.92.

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This photo shows a view of the sloping side of the USS Cario on display in the Vicksburg National Military Park. This slope provided protection to the crew by deflecting gunshot away from the ship. This vessel was sunk in the Yazoo River in December of 1862, and became the first warship sunk by a electrically detonated mine.

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The USS Cario was the first of seven city class gunboats built by James B. Eads and Company to fight on the inland rivers during the American Civil War. They were also referred to as Pook Turtles because of their strange design provided by navel designer, Samuel M. Pook. The Cario was involved in the seige of Vicksburg when it was ordered up the Yazoo River to find a shipyard at Yazoo City. The Cario was hit by a sunken mine ignited by a group of Confederate soldiers on the bank. The boat sunk in a matter of minutes on December 12, 1862 in the Yazoo River.

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The Louisiana Memorial was dedicated on October 18, 1920, and cost $43,500 to construct. The monument is located at the highest point in the National Park. It honors the Confederate soldiers from the state of Louisiana who served at Vicksburg.

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The memorial was dedicated in 1906 and completed in 1912. It cost $100,000 to build. The Greek-Doric monument was constructed with Vermont white granite.

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The Shirley House is the only wartime structure remaining in the Vicksburg National Park. The home was owned by James and Adeline Shirley, and Mrs. Shirley, her 15 year old son and some servants were hiding in the house during the seige. Union troops did rescue them and they stayed in nearby caves during the remainder of the seige. The home is about to undergo some much needed renovation.

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The Alabama Memorial was dedicated on July 19, 1951, and cost $150,000. The monument depicts seven heroic men from Alabama being inspired by a woman. The woman represents the State of Alabama.