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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YO2_the-sultanas-last-voyage_Vicksburg-MS.html
The Sultana, a side-wheel steamboat built in Cincinnati in 1863, was 260 long and was designed to carry only 376 people along with its cargo.
On April 24, 1865, the Sultana docked in Vicksburg to pick up Union soldiers recently released from Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YLH_the-red-tops_Vicksburg-MS.html
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Between 1953 and 1974 the Vicksburg-based Red Tops entertained legions of dancers with their distinctive mix of blues, jazz, and pop. Under the strict direction of drummer and manager Walter Osborne, the group developed a devoted fan base…
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One of the most storied night spots in the South, the Blue Room, which stood across the street at 602 Clay Street, was operated for more than thirty years by flamboyant owner Tom Wince. Ray Charles, Fats Domino, B. B. King, Dinah Washingt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YIC_u-s-1st-battery-wisconsin-light-artillery_Vicksburg-MS.html
U.S.
1st Battery,
Wisconsin Light Artillery;
9th Div.; 13th Corps; Army of the Tennessee.
Lieut. Charles B. Kimball;
Lieut. Oscar F. Nutting.
The right section of the battery served two
20-pounder Parrott Rifles in this position fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-1ca3e_firing-on-the-a-o-tyler_Vicksburg-MS.html
On January 13, 1861, the steamer A.O. Tyler, en route downriver to New Orleans, was fired on by militia sent to protect Vicksburg. The Tyler, which was later used as a U.S. timberclad gunboat, was searched and released. The firing on the Tyler, ju…
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Built in three stages from ca. 1830 to 1855, this Greek Revival-style mansion was originally built by J.W. Mauldin and sold to Victor Wilson in 1840. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981, Anchuca was Vicksburg's first columned…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-c640b_bethel-a-m-e-church_Vicksburg-MS.html
Site of first African Methodist Episcopal Church (1864), and first Negro Masonic Lodge in Mississippi organized here (1875). Campbell College was organized here in 1890. Present church was built in 1912.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-408ab_fort-nogales_Vicksburg-MS.html
On bluffs above. Built by Spain in 1790's on land granted by Choctaws. At evacuation in March 1798, name became Ft. McHenry, honoring U.S. Sec. of War. Abandoned about 1800.
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Fort Nogales, which was the first settlement at Vicksburg, was established by the Spaniards on this spot in 1791. In 1798, it passed from the possession of Spain to the United States and was re-named Fort McHenry. It was used as a Confederate fort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UT8_planters-hall-historical_Vicksburg-MS.html
Built 1834. Housed Vicksburg branch, Planters' Bank of Mississippi until 1842. Occupied by officers of 28th Louisiana Reg. during Vicksburg siege.
Acquired by Vicksburg Council of Garden Clubs, Inc., 1956.