Vicksburg
Vicksburg, United States — what to do while your ship is in port.
A pivotal Civil War battlefield city, Vicksburg's national military park preserves the siege lines above the river, alongside a well-preserved historic downtown.
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Vicksburg, Mississippi
City in Mississippi, United States
Vicksburg is a city in and the county seat of Warren County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 21,573 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 20,032 in 2024. Located on a high bluff on the east bank of the Mississippi River across from Louisiana, Vicksburg was built by French colonists in 1719. The outpost withstood an attack from the native Natchez people. It was incorporated as Vicksburg in 1825 after Methodist missionary Newitt Vick. The area that is now Vicksburg was long occupied by the Natchez as part of their historical territory along the Mississippi. The first Europeans who settled the area were French colonists who built Fort Saint Pierre in 1719 on the high bluffs overlooking the Yazoo River at present-day Redwood. They conducted fur trading with the Natchez and others, and started plantations. During the American Civil War, it was a key Confederate river-port, and its July 1863 surrender to Ulysses S. Grant, along with the concurrent Battle of Gettysburg, marked the turning point of the war.
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