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"Duties Faithfully and Dilligently Performed:" The Civil War Service of Captain James O. C
In the aftermath of the siege of Vicksburg, it was necessary for the Union army to defend the city that they had taken as such high cost....
"I Never Will Forget That Day:" A Roundhead at the Battle of the Crater
By the summer of 1864, Vicksburg was a backwater of the war, with all eyes turned to Georgia and Virginia where the main Union and...
"They Will Charge to the Cannon's Mouth:" A Story of the 3rd United States Colored Cavalry
I have been reading the wartime issues of the Vicksburg Daily Herald for years, but despite all the time I have spent in this task, I...
"The Old 124th:" A Letter from an Illinois Veteran
I recently picked up the following letter on Ebay, written by Thomas Kimber Mills, who served in Company C, 124th Illinois Infantry...
The Mississippi Valley Baseball Club
In 1866, John B. Clarke, a teenager from New Orleans, traveled up the Mississippi River and landed at Vicksburg to take up a new job...
Love and Grief: The Death of Lieutenant Clifford Stickney
During my forced isolation because of the Coronavirus, I have spent a number of hours organizing my Civil War collection. In the course...
Duty Faithfully Done: A Son Defends His Father's Legacy
In February 1945, an incensed reader of the of the McComb, Mississippi, Enterprise-Journal wrote the following letter to the editor of...
A Very Personal Civil War: the Divorce of Chaplain William D. McCulloh
The American Civil War is known by many names, but one of the more common and poignant ones is "The Brother's War," as the conflict often...
A Most Desperately Contested Fight: The 72nd Illinois Infantry at Franklin, Tennessee
In late October 1864, the 72nd Illinois Infantry marched through the streets of Vicksburg to the city landing, where a steamboat waited...
Twenty Years on Crutches
The summer of 1884 marked 20 years since the battle of Harrisburg, Mississippi, and for one veteran of that fight, the anniversary...
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