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re: Never been to Vicksburg military park. Tips?
Posted on 4/9/16 at 3:57 pm to soccerfüt
Posted on 4/9/16 at 3:57 pm to soccerfüt
I went to boarding school in Vicksburg, there were Confederate trench lines on school grounds (the aptly named Confederate Avenue). I have fond memories of that park. I need to take my kids.
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Posted on 4/9/16 at 4:29 pm to prplhze2000
I've hiked it twice in the Boy Scouts. Been a while but never forgotten it.
Amazing place.
I need to get back there - but drive it this time.
Amazing place.
I need to get back there - but drive it this time.
This post was edited on 4/9/16 at 4:30 pm
Posted on 4/10/16 at 2:00 pm to Bullfrog
Did the driving tour. Was really neat.
My favorite part was the Illinois Memorial. just beautiful. Heard what people meant about the acoustics. To think it was built in 1906.
Were the cannons real or replicas? Or were the barrels real and the rest of the cannons, such as the wheels, were replicas?
The Cairo exhibit was cool as y'all said. Amazing they were able to salvage and restore as much of the wreck as they did. A shame the Navy didn't preserve at least one of those boats for history's sake. The retired engineer who created those boats and the plan for using them had a pretty good story.
The statues were amazing. So many of them. Just magnificent artwork. Few Confederate memorials although Louisiana did buck up for the South and provide a pretty good one for its troops. Leave it to Mississippi to be cheap. State never can do anything right.
I'll have to go back and see some more. Didn't see all of it although I was there for 2 1/2 hours.
My favorite part was the Illinois Memorial. just beautiful. Heard what people meant about the acoustics. To think it was built in 1906.
Were the cannons real or replicas? Or were the barrels real and the rest of the cannons, such as the wheels, were replicas?
The Cairo exhibit was cool as y'all said. Amazing they were able to salvage and restore as much of the wreck as they did. A shame the Navy didn't preserve at least one of those boats for history's sake. The retired engineer who created those boats and the plan for using them had a pretty good story.
The statues were amazing. So many of them. Just magnificent artwork. Few Confederate memorials although Louisiana did buck up for the South and provide a pretty good one for its troops. Leave it to Mississippi to be cheap. State never can do anything right.
I'll have to go back and see some more. Didn't see all of it although I was there for 2 1/2 hours.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 2:12 pm to prplhze2000
If you go in the summer heat, you can imagine the misery of the soldiers there. Hot as hell, mosquitoes eating you alive, ticks, dysentery, wounds festering. Look at the terrain and the hills they would have to charge up only to find a cannon at the apex waiting to blow them back down the hill. Ugh. I always feel a terrible sadness when I visit those places. When you look at how many of them were never accounted for, you really get sad. You know they are all out there somewhere.
But the ship was the best part for me.
But the ship was the best part for me.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 2:19 pm to ChenierauTigre
imagine the ones who were digging tunnels. Ugh. Can't really blame the British colonial troops for wearing shorts on duty.
It took a ton of coal per operating hour to power the Cairo. I bet those troops who had that duty were in some serious shape.
It took a ton of coal per operating hour to power the Cairo. I bet those troops who had that duty were in some serious shape.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 3:56 pm to prplhze2000
I have biked it and driven it many times.
Park use to completely surround the city (just like the seige lines). Feds finally ceded part of the southern part of the park so it could expand/grow.
Some of the streets are old park roads and there are trenches and monuments in the woods all around that part.
Park use to completely surround the city (just like the seige lines). Feds finally ceded part of the southern part of the park so it could expand/grow.
Some of the streets are old park roads and there are trenches and monuments in the woods all around that part.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 4:07 pm to prplhze2000
I went around 1985. I don't recall much.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 4:17 pm to biglego
sounds like a good excuse to go again.
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