Vicksburg Civil War Site

For Control of the Mississippi River



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Entrance in Nat'l Park

Battlefield

Union HQ

Smith's Assault Marker

Confederate Position Marker

Logan's Approach Marker

View of High Groundf
Logan's Approach

Bottom of Thayer's Approach
Union Position

Top of Thayer's Approach
Confederate Position

Top Thayer's Approach
Monument

U.S.S Cairo Ironclad
Riverboat

1 of 7 Ironclads built
for Civil War

The Front

The Side

Mostly Original Wood
Scavaged from river

Look at the thick
iron plating

Schematic of ship

Cannon hole

View from bluff
held by Confederates

Controlling access to the
Mississippi controls
the western lines
 
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