The National Park Service has awarded $2,289,880.56 in Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants through the American Battlefield Protection Program to protect 155.39 acres at Civil War battlefields in ...

Vicksburg was incorporated in 1825, and for 200 years it has been shaped and molded by all who have lived here. And while ...

Houston Barnett wasn’t really a Civil War buff. A man he worked with though happened to be the captain of Company “B” 1st ...

Cruise the legendary Mississippi River from Memphis to New Orleans aboard a classic-style paddle-wheeler. Enjoy panel ...

For 250 years, the US Army has adapted as a living organization composed of operating units and institutional organizations ...

Visitors were able to watch various historical demonstrations including the firing of canons and musket drills.

On the museum front, these are all dedicated to Vicksburg’s history. The Lower Mississippi River Museum and Vicksburg Civil ...

Nigel Farage hit back at Rupert Lowe as Reform UK descended into civil war today. He insisted Reform is not a "protest party" and swiped that Mr Lowe would not have had a "cat's chance in hell" of ...

In 2016, RiverBender.com published an article containing images of a 736-pound catfish rumored to have been caught by fishermen in the Mississippi River. What is the Largest Catfish Caught in the ...

Clark was among five activists and elected officials honored in February 2018 during a black-tie-optional gala at the newly opened Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. The glitzy event was a lifetime ...

LEXINGTON, Miss. — Robert G. Clark, who was elected in 1967 as Mississippi's first Black lawmaker of the 20th century and rose to the second-highest leadership role in the state House of ...