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150th Anniversary of Fall of Vicksburg
2013 marks the 150th anniversary of the
Siege and Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Called the "Gibraltar of the South," Vicksburg
was vital to both North and South and its fall
broke the back of the Confederate effort to
maintain command of the Mississippi River.
The surrender of Vicksburg gave the North full
control of the "Father of Waters."



Alabama
Alabama Main Page
Absalom Pratt House
Alabama Iron and Steel Museum
Alabama State Capitol
Battle of Columbus (Girard)
Battle of Ebenezer Church
Battle of Fairview
Battle of Fort Blakeley
Battle of Fort Bowyer
Battle of Fort Charlotte
Battle of Holy Ground
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Battle of Mobile Bay
Battle of Newton
Battle of Selma
Battle of Spanish Fort
Battleship U.S.S. Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama - Historic Sites
Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park
Cahaba (Castle Morgan) Civil War Prison
Cheaha State Park
Chattahoochee Indian Heritage Center
Chattahoochee State Park
Claybank Church
Coldwater Covered Bridge
Columbia, Alabama
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Columbia's Historic Churches
Columbia's Old Jail
Confederate Memorial Park
Creek War of 1813-1814
Dauphin Island
DeSoto Falls
DeSoto State Park
Dome from Alabama's First State Capitol
Dothan Area Botanical Gardens
Edgar Cayce in Selma, Alabama
Eufaula, Alabama - Historic Sites
Face in the Window, An Alabama Ghost
First Capitol of the Confederacy
First Seminole War of 1817-1818
First White House of the Confederacy
Fort Conde
Fort Cusseta
Fort Gaines Historic Site
Fort Mims State Historic Site
Fort Mitchell Historic Site
Fort Morgan Historic Site
Fort Payne's Old Fort
Fort Payne, Alabama - Historic Sites
Fort Toulouse-Fort Jackson Historic Site
Grave of General William J. Hardee
Gun from C.S.S. Tennessee
Gulf Shores, Alabama
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Gulf State Park
Hank Williams Grave & Memorial
Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum
Historic Blakeley State Park
John Wilkes Booth Monument
Lakepoint Resort State Park
Landmark Park
Little River Canyon National Preserve
Little River Falls
Lowndesboro, Alabama - Historic Sites
Mentone, Alabama - Historic Sites
Mobile, Alabama - Historic Sites
Mobile Campaign
Moss Rock Preserve & Waterfalls
Nathan Bedford Forrest Monument
Noccalula Falls
Oak Mountain State Park & Peavine Falls
Old Cahawba Archaeological Site
Orr Park Tree Carvings
Sadler Plantation House
Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park
Selma, Alabama - Historic Sites
Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
Sequoyah and the Cherokee Alphabet
Sketoe's Hole Ghost Story
Skirmish at Hobdy's Bridge (1865)
Swann Covered Bridge
Talladega National Forest
U.S. Snagboat Montgomery
Waterfalls of Alabama
Waterfalls of the Cheaha Area
William B. Travis Home
William Weatherford Grave
Wills Town Mission and Cemetery
Arkansas
Arkansas Main Page
Albert Pike's School House
Arkansas Post National Monument
Arkansas Post Museum State Park
Artist Point and Artist Point Falls
Battle of Cane Hill
Battle of Devil's Backbone
Battle of Dripping Springs
Battle of Fayetteville
Battle of Fort Smith
Battle of Jenkins Ferry
Battle of Massard Prairie
Battle of Pea Ridge
Battle of Poison Spring
Battle of Prairie Grove
Battle of Van Buren
Beaver Bridge - "Little Golden Gate"
Belle Grove Historic District in Fort Smith
Boston Mountains Scenic Loop
Cane Hill College
Civil War Seizure of the Arkansas Cannon
Crescent Hotel - America's Most Haunted
Devil's Den State Park
Eureka Springs Area Historic Sites
Fayetteville Area Historic Sites
Fort Smith National Historic Site
Fort Smith Area Historic Sites
Garvan Woodland Gardens
Hot Springs National Park
Hot Springs Area Historic Sites
Mount Magazine State Park
Mulberry River
Mulberry River Area Waterfalls
Ouachita Mountains
Ozark, Arkansas
Ozark Howler (Cat Monster)
Ozark National Forest
Ozarks of Arkansas
Parkin Archaeological State Park
Pedestal Rocks Scenic Area
Petit Jean State Park
Pig Trail Scenic Byway
Queen Wilhelmina State Park
Rich Mountain Pioneer Cemetery
Scenic Highway 7
Siloam Springs Area Historic Sites
Talimena Scenic Drive
Van Buren Area Historic Sites
War Eagle Mill
Waterfalls of Arkansas
White Rock Mountain
Wild Man - 19th Century Bigfoot Sightings
Florida
Florida Main Page
Alligators
Apalachicola Arsenal at Chattahoochee
Apalachicola Bay Oysters
Apalachicola, Florida
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve
Apalachicola River
Attack on Cedar Key (1862)
Bateria de San Antonio
Battle of Bayport
Battle of Crystal River
Battle of Marianna
Battle of Miccosukee
Battle of Natural Bridge
Battle of Natural Bridge - Post Battle
Executions
Battle of Ocheesee
Battle of Olustee
Battle of Pensacola
Battle of St. Johns Bluff
Battle of Santa Rosa Island
Battle of Station Four
Battle of Vernon
Bellamy Bridge Heritage Trail (Proposed)
Bellamy Road at River Rise Preserve
Belleview - Home of Princes Murat
Blue Hole Spring at Ichetucknee Springs
Blue Springs Recreational Area
Brooksville Raid
Bugg Spring
Camp Milton Historic Preserve
Cape St. George Lighthouse
Capture of the Fashion
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
Cedar Key, Florida
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Cedar Key Museum State Park
Chapman Botanical Garden
Chestnut Cemetery in Apalachicola
City of Hawkinsville Underwater Preserve
Claude Neal Lynching of 1934
Colonial Archaeological Trail in Pensacola
Constitution Convention Museum State Park
Crystal River, Florida - Historic Sites
Crystal River Archaeological State Park
Crystal River Preserve State Park
C,S,S, Chattahoochee Explosion
Dade Battlefield Historic State Park
Dade Pyramids in St. Augustine
Death of Ma Barker
DeSoto WInter Encampment State Park
Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park
Eden Gardens State Park
Egmont Key & Egmont Key Lighthouse
Falling Waters State Park
First Seminole War of 1817-1818
Florida Caverns State Park
Florida's Old Capitol
Fort at the Suwannee River Bridge
Fort Barrancas (Gulf Islands N.S.)
Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Cooper State Park
Fort De Soto Park
Fort Fanning Historic Park
Fort Gadsden Historic Site
Fort George Historic Site
Fort Jefferson (Dry Tortugas National Park)
Fort King
Fort Pickens (Gulf Islands N.S.)
Fort Matanzas National Monument
Fort McRee (Gulf Islands N.S.)
Fort Mose Historic State Park
Fort Walton Beach's Old Fort
Fort Walton Beach Area Historic Sites
Fort Walton Temple Mound
Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park
Gamble Plantation Historic State Park
Ghost of Bellamy Bridge
Ghosts of the Russ House
Grave of Dr. Alvin Wentworth Chapman
Greenwood, Florida - Historic Sites
Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park
Ichetucknee Springs State Park
John Gorrie Museum State Park
Juan Ortiz and Princess Hirrihigua
Juniper Springs
Juniper Springs Millhouse
Juniper Springs Run
Key West Lighthouse
Kingsley Plantation
Lake Jackson Mounds
Letchworth-Love Mounds
Maclay Gardens State Park
Marianna Area Historic Sites
Milly Francis, Florida's Pocahontas
Mission Nombre de Dios
Mission San Luis
Moss Hill Methodist Church
National Naval Aviation Museum
Naval Live Oaks Reserve (Gulf Islands N.S.)
"Negro Fort" on the Apalachicola
Ocala, Florida
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
O'Leno State Park
Orman House Historic State Park
Panama City Area Historic Sites
Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park
Pensacola Area Historic Sites
Pensacola - Historic Pensacola Village
Pensacola Lighthouse
Pinellas Point Temple Mound
Ponce de Leon Springs State Park
Port St. Joe Area Historic Sites
Rainbow Springs State Park
Ribault Monument
Safety Harbor Mounds
Salt Springs Recreation Area
St. Augustine Area Historic Sites
St. Augustine Lighthouse
St. George Island
St. George Island State Park
St. Marks Lighthouse
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
St. Petersburg Area Historic Sites
San Marcos de Apalache State Park
Scott's Massacre of 1817
Shepard's Mill
Silver Glen Springs Recreation Area
Silver River Museum
Silver River State Park
Silver Springs & the Silver River
Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center
Suwannee River State Park
Suwannee River Area Historic Sites
Tallahassee Area Historic Sites
Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural
Science
Tallahassee-St. Marks Railroad Trail
Tarpon Springs, Florida
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Three Rivers State Park
Three Soldiers Monument in Apalachicola
Trinity Episcopal Church in Apalachicola
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Torreya State Park
Two Egg, Florida
Two-Toed Tom - Alligator Monster
Wakulla Springs State Park
Weedon Island Preserve
Whales of the Florida & Georgia Coast
Wild Man of Ocheesee Pond
19th Century Bigfoot Capture in Jackson County
Yellow Bluff Fort Historic State Park
Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park
Georgia
Georgia Main Page
Albany, Georgia
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Alexander H. Stephens Historic Park
Allatoona Pass Battlefield
Amicalola Falls State Park
Andersonville National Historic Site
Athens Double-Barrelled Cannon
Augusta, Georgia
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Augusta Canal National Heritage Area
Augusta Riverwalk
Bainbridge, Georgia
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Battery Hambright at Fort Pulaski
Battle of Allatoona Pass
Battle of Bloody Marsh
Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of Columbus (Girard)
Battle of Dunlap Hill (Dunlap's Farm)
Battle of Fort Pulaski
Battle of Fowltown
Battle of Griswoldville
Battle of Gully Hole Creek
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Roanoke
Battle of Shepherd's Plantation
Battle of West Point, Georgia
Bigfoot Attack in the Okefenokee? (1829)
Boyhood Home of Woodrow Wilson
Birthplace of Jackie Robinson
Callaway Gardens
Camp Lawton Civil War Prison (Millen)
Camp Recovery
Cannonball House in Macon, Georgia
Christ Church and Cemetery
Civil War Prison Camp Site (Thomasville)
Colquitt, Georgia
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Columbus, Georgia
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Columbus Riverwalk
Confederate Powder Works (Augusta)
Crawfordville, Georgia
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Dahlonega, Georgia
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Dahlonega Gold Museum
Dahlonega U.S. Branch Mint
DeSoto Falls Recreation Area
Dowdell's Knob on Pine Mountain
Eatonton, Georgia
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Elijah Clark State Park
Etowah Mounds State Park
First Presbyterian Church of Augusta
First Seminole War of 1817-1818
Flannery O'Connor in Milledgeville
Flint RiverQuarium in Albany
Forsyth Park in Savannah
Fort Augusta Monument
Fort Early Monument & Historic Site
Fort Frederica National Monument
Fort Gaines
Fort Hawkins
Fort Hughes Monument
Fort McAllister State Historic Park
Fort Morris State Historic Site
Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fort Scott
Fort Screven Historic District
Fort Tyler
Fort Tyler Cemetery
Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park
Georgia Gold Mines
Georgia Sea Turtle Center
Ghost of Allatoona Pass
Ghost of the Springer Opera House
Ghost of the St. Simons Lighthouse
Golden Isles of Georgia
Grave of Gen. Alfred H. Colquitt
Grave of Pvt. Edwin F. Jemison
Hamburg State Outdoor Recreation Area
Heritage Corner in Columbus
Heritage Park in Columbus
Historic Pools Museum at Warm Springs
Hold the Fort - Hymn Inspired by Battle
Horton House Historic Site
Immortal Six Hundred
Jekyll Island
Jekyll Island Confederate Battery
Jekyll Island Historic District
Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield
Kolomoki Mounds State Park
Little White House
Macon, Georgia
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Magnolia Cemetery (Augusta)
Marshes of Glynn
Meadow Garden (Home of George Walton)
Midway Cemetery
Midway Congregational Church
Milledgeville,Georgia
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Nancy Harts, Female Civil War Soldiers
National Civil War Naval Museum
Ocmulgee National Monument
Okefenokee Swamp
Old Capitol Building in Milledgeville
Old Governor's Mansion in Milledgeville
Old Medical College of Georgia
Plains, Georgia
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Providence Canyon State Park
Radium Springs Gardens & Historic Site
Rea's Creek Aqueduct & Waterfalls
Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge
Rock Eagle Effigy Mound
Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon
Savannah, Georgia
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Savannah Rapids Park (Martinez)
Siege of Augusta (1781)
Signers Monument (Augusta)
Slaves & Servants of Liberty Hall
St. Paul's Church (Augusta)
St. Simons Island
St. Simons Lighthouse
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Stephen C. Foster State Park
Stone Mountain
Sunbury (Ghost Town)
Sunbury Cemetery
Suwannee River Sill Recreation Area
Tallulah Gorge & Tallulah Falls
Tybee Island, Georgia
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Tybee Island Lighthouse
Uncle Remus Museum
Unknown Hero of Allatoona Pass
Warm Springs, Georgia
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Washington, Georgia
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Wesley Memorial & Gardens
Wesley Monument at Fort Pulaski
Whales of the Georgia & Florida Coast
Kentucky
Kentucky Main Page
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Daniel Boone in Kentucky
Daniel Boone National Forest
D. Boon Hut (Built by Daniel Boone)?
Mammoth Cave National Park
Louisiana
Louisiana Main Page
Assassination of Sen. Huey P. Long
Audubon Pilgrimage (St. Francisville)
Audubon State Historic Site (Oakley)
Baton Rouge National Cemetery
Battle of Baton Rouge (1779)
Battle of Baton Rouge (1862)
Battle & Siege of Port Hudson
Day the War Stopped
Grace Episcopal Church
Grant's Canal
Lake Providence
Louisiana's Old State Capitol
Louisiana State Capitol
Old Arsenal Museum
Port Hudson National Cemetery
Port Hudson State Historic Site
Poverty Point Archaeological Site
Pvt. Edwin F. Jemison, C.S.A.
Republic of West Florida (1810)
Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site
St. Francisville, Louisiana
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
USS Kidd & Museum
Mississippi
Mississippi Main Page
Battle of Booneville
Battle of Brices Cross Roads
Battle of Corinth
Battle of Raymond
Battle of Tupelo
Battle of Vicksburg
Beavoir (Home of Jefferson Davis)
Biloxi Lighthouse
Birthplace of Elvis Presley
Birthplace of Tennessee Williams
Bynum Mounds
Chickasaw Village and Fort
Columbus, Mississippi
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Elizabeth Female Academy
Emerald Mound
Grand Gulf Military Monument
Loess Bluff Exhibit
Mount Locust Inn & Plantation
Natchez Trace Parkway
Owl Creek Mounds
Raymond, Mississippi - Historic Sites
Stephen D. Lee Home & Museum
Tennessee Williams Birthplace
Tupelo, Mississippi
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Waverly Mansion & Gardens
Missouri
Missouri Main Page
Branson Area Historic Sites
Branson Scenic Railway
Branson Titanic Museum
Dogwood Canyon Nature Park
Ghost of Big Cedar
Roaring River State Park
Ruth and Paul Henning Conservation Area
Showboat Branson Belle
North Carolina
North Carolina Main Page
Alamance Battleground
Allen House at Alamance Battleground
Battleship U.S.S. North Carolina
Bennett Place State Historic Site
Blue Ridge Parkway
Crossing of the Dan
Duke Homestead State Historic Site
Fort Caswell
Graveyard Fields & Waterfalls
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
North Carolina Maritime Museum at
Southport
Oak Island Lighthouse
Old Baldy Lighthouse
Old Brunswick County Jail
Old Smithville Burying Ground
Southport Area Historic Sites
Historic Stagville Plantation
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Main Page
14 Flags Museum in Sallisaw
Battle of Honey Springs (Elk Creek)
Captain's Castle - The Oklahoma Castle
Death of Ma Barker (Florida)
Fort Gibson Historic Site
Fort Gibson National Cemetery
Heavener Runestone Park
Horse Thief Spring
Milly Francis, The Creek Pocahontas
Muskogee Area Historic Sites
Muskogee Azalea Festival
Natural Falls State Park
Ouachita Mountains
Robbers Cave State Park
Sequoyah's Cabin Historic Site
Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center
Submarine U.S.S. Batfish
Talimena Scenic Drive
Tenkiller State Park & Lake Tenkiller
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
South Carolina
Battle of Cowpens
Battle of Kings Mountain
Castle Pinckney
Charleston, South Carolina
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Edgefield Ghost
Edgefield, South Carolina
Historic Sites & Points of Interest
Fort Moultrie
Fort Sumter National Monument
Immortal Six Hundred
Kings Mountain State Park
Ninety Six National Historic Site
Tennessee
Battle of Lookout Mountain
Battle of Shiloh
Books about the Battle of Shiloh
Bell Witch of Tennessee
Chattanooga Choo-Choo
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Natchez Trace
Shiloh Indian Mounds National Landmark
Shiloh National Cemetery
Texas
The Alamo
The Alamo Cenotaph
Death of David Crockett
San Antonio Area Historic Sites
San Antonio River Walk
San Fernando Cathedral
San Jacinto Battlefield
Spanish Governor's Mansion
Virginia
Virginia Main Page
Appomattox Confederate Cemetery
Appomattox Court House National
Historical Park
Arlington House (Home of Robert E. Lee)
Battle of Appomattox Court House
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Staunton River Bridge
Battle of Yorktown
Blue Ridge Parkway
Cannon Branch Fort (Manassas)
Confederate Prison Number 6
Crossing of the Dan
Jamestown, Virginia
Mayfield Fort Historic Site (Manassas)
Sutherlin Mansion
Last Capitol of the Confederacy
Surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee
A touch of the old
world in the new, St.
Augustine, Florida, is
the oldest city in the
United States.
Robbers Cave State
Park near Wilburton,
Oklahoma, is rich in
history and natural
beauty.
The Victorian city of
the Ozarks has been
a major destination
for more than a full
century.
The South's "live
country music capital"
is also rich in historic
sites and natural
wonders.
A touch of the old
world in the new, St.
Augustine, Florida, is
the oldest city in the
United States.
Robbers Cave State
Park near Wilburton,
Oklahoma, is rich in
history and natural
beauty.
The Little White
House, Callaway
Gardens and FDR
State Park surround
Warm Springs.
Some of the South's
most spectacular
waterfalls can be
found in the Alabama
mountains.
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A place where the Old
South met the Old
West, Fort Smith is a
wonderful mix of
history and adventure.
The Natchez Trace is
a beautiful, modern
parkway that follows
one of the South's
most historic routes.
Natchez Trace, Mississippi
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Scott Massacre of 1817
The first U.S. defeat of the Seminole Wars, the
Scott Massacre is virtually forgotten today but
had one of the largest impacts of any battle in
American history. When a force of Red Stick
Creek, Seminole and African warriors
destroyed the command of Lt. Richard W.
Scott, they started a chain of events that led to
Florida becoming part of the United States.