Take a trip with us around the Vicksburg National Military Park! 🇺🇸 The Vicksburg National Military Park is a 1,800-acre park established in 1899 commemorating the siege and defense of Vicksburg. The focus of Union land and naval operations along the Mississippi River, the city fell to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on July 4, 1863 after a lengthy campaign and forty-seven-day siege. The fall of Vicksburg gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, severed a major Confederate supply line that ran e

19K views · 615 reactions | January 1997 with Justin Shaw at Vicksburg National Military Park If you can manage to get past my 100% perfectly authentic Mississippi accent ( :) ), watch at the end what the field of the Union advance looked like back then--a forest of small trees and scrub. There has been no better restoration completed at any battlefield! What a difference. Oh, and I hope you enjoy my post-grunge look. | Garry Adelman's Civil War Page | Facebook

182K views · 3.2K reactions | Want to learn more about the Vicksburg Campaign but don’t know where to start? Watch our animated map of Vicksburg to learn more about the strategic importance of this city along the Mississippi River and why its capture was a turning point for the Union Army. The video also details the Battle of Port Gibson, Battle of Champion Hill, Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton’s surrender, and more. | American Battlefield Trust | Facebook