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Visit the Vicksburg Civil War Museum to see a collection of artifacts, paintings, photos and weapons from the Civil War era. The owner, Charles Pendleton, is a knowledgeable and engaging guide who shares his passion for history.
Explore millions of Civil War artifacts at the former Corner Drug Store. The museum is open daily and offers a virtual tour of its exhibits.
Learn about the siege of Vicksburg, the Inland Water War, and the Vanishing Glory of the Civil War at this museum. See the world's largest collection of civil war gunboat models, a diorama of the siege, and a documentary film.
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The \\"city class\\" gunboats were designed by Samuel M. Pook and built by river engineer James B. Eads. Cairo was constructed at Mound City, Illinois, and commissioned in January 1862. The Cairo was destined to see only limited action in the engagement at Plum Point in May and in the battle of Memphis in June. Her most significant action came six mo...
The Cairo's skipper, Lt. Commander Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., was rash and ambitious, a stern disciplinarian, but an aggressive and promising young officer. On the cold morning of December 12, 1862, Selfridge led a small flotilla up the Yazoo River, north of Vicksburg, to destroy Confederate batteries and clear the channel of torpedoes (underwater m...
By studying contemporary documents and maps, Edwin C. Bearss, Historian at Vicksburg National Military Park, was able to plot the approximate site of the wreck. With the help of a pocket compass and iron bar probes, Bearss and two companions, Don Jacks and Warren Grabau, set out to discover the grave of the Cairo in 1956. The three searchers were r...
Hopes of lifting the ironclad and her cargo of artifacts intact were crushed in October of 1964 when the three inch cables being used to lift the Cairo cut deeply into its wooden hull. It then became a question of saving as much of the vessel as possible. A decision was made to cut the Cairo into three sections. By the end of December the battered ...
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Apr 2022. This museum is a gem. It covers much more than the Civil War, with many superb exhibits on the black experience in the South before, during, and after the Civil War. The founder of the museum is on the premises and does a great job of explaining and supplementing the information in the exhibits. Read more.
