VICKSBURG, Miss. — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history. As a small Black girl, she would walk to school through Vicksburg ...
Recent ceremonies, including flag-placing and libation rituals, honor the memory of Black soldiers buried in Vicksburg National Cemetery. The soldiers, previously unknown, were identified through ...
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history. As a small Black girl, she would walk to school through ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Garry Adelman of the American Battlefield Trust described the motivations and events that occurred during the Battle of Gettysburg and the ...
Vicksburg National Military Park is receiving over $5 million toward restoring a key monument and removing a building that previously was used as a visitors’ center. Friends of the Vicksburg National ...
JACKSON, Miss. -- Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War can be an angst-filled task in Mississippi, with its long history of racial strife and a state flag that still bears the ...
Foreword: American icon -- Introduction: Trinity and tide -- 1: Richmond and the river -- 2: Series of experiments -- 3: War has responsibilities -- 4: What will the country say? -- 5: To the railroad ...
Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2024. Pp. xxv, 535. Illus., maps, appends, notes, biblio., index. $54.95. ISBN:0700636552 Grant's Blitz that Isolated Vicksburg ...
VICKSBURG, Miss. — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history. As a small Black girl, she would walk to school through Vicksburg ...