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Vicksburg, Mississippi

Vicksburg is a city in Warren County

Warren County, Mississippi

Warren County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. In 2000, its population was 49,644. Its county seat is Vicksburg, Mississippi....
, Mississippi

Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Deep South of the United States. Jackson, Mississippi is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name from the Anishinaabe language word misi-ziibi ....
, United States

United States

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. It is located 234 miles (377 km) north by west of New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana. New Orleans is the center of the New Orleans metropolitan area metropolitan area, the largest metro area in the state....
on the Mississippi

Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the longest river in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico....
and Yazoo

Yazoo River

Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. Mississippi. It is one of two county seats in Hinds County, Mississippi; the town of Raymond, Mississippi is the other....
, the state capital. In 1900, 14,834 people lived in Vicksburg; in 1910, 20,814; in 1920, 17,931; and in 1940, 24,460. The population was 26,407 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat

County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
of Warren County

Warren County, Mississippi

Warren County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. In 2000, its population was 49,644. Its county seat is Vicksburg, Mississippi....
.

Vicksburg is the principal city of the Vicksburg Micropolitan Statistical Area

Vicksburg Micropolitan area

The Vicksburg Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of one county – Warren County, Mississippi – in Mississippi, anchored by the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi....
, which includes all of Warren County.

area which is now Vicksburg was originally part of Natchez

Natchez

Natchez may refer to:* Natchez people, a Native American nation* Natchez language, the language of that tribe* Natchez, Mississippi, a town in the United States...
Native American

Native Americans in the United States

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Vicksburg is a city in Warren County

Warren County, Mississippi

Warren County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. In 2000, its population was 49,644. Its county seat is Vicksburg, Mississippi....
, Mississippi

Mississippi

United States

New Orleans, Louisiana

Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the longest river in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico....
and Yazoo

Yazoo River

Jackson, Mississippi

County seat

Warren County, Mississippi

Vicksburg Micropolitan area

History

The area which is now Vicksburg was originally part of Natchez

Natchez

Natchez may refer to:* Natchez people, a Native American nation* Natchez language, the language of that tribe* Natchez, Mississippi, a town in the United States...
Native American

Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
's country. After their defeat in the Natchez War of the 1700s, the area became part of the Choctaw Nation. Under pressure from the US government, the Choctaw

Choctaw

The Choctaw are a Native Americans in the United States people originally from the Southeastern United States . They are of the Muskogean languages group....
Native Americans

Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
agreed to cede nearly 2,000,000 acres of land under the terms of the Treaty of Fort Adams in 1801. The treaty was the first of a series of treaties that eventually led to the removal of the Choctaw Nation to Indian Territory

Indian Territory

The Indian Territory, also known as The Indian Country, The Indian territory or the Indian territories, was land set aside within the United States for the use of Native Americans in the United States....
in 1830; however, many Choctaws remained in Mississippi citing article XIV of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek

Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek

The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was a treaty signed on September 27, 1830 between the Choctaw and the United States Government. This was the first Indian Removal treaty carried into effect under the Indian Removal Act....
.

The first European Americans who settled the area was by the French

French people

French people can refer to:* The legal residents and citizens of France, regardless of ancestry. For a legal discussion, see French nationality law....
, who built Fort-Saint-Pierre in 1719 on the high bluffs overlooking the Yazoo River at present-day Redwood

Redwood, Mississippi

Redwood is an unincorporated area located southeast of Twin Lake in Warren County, Mississippi, Mississippi, United States. The town is located near the junction of Highways 61 and 3, about 10 miles north of Vicksburg, Mississippi....
. On 28 November, 1729, the Natchez Native Americans

Native Americans in the United States

Natchez, Mississippi

Natchez is the county seat of and the largest and only incorporated city within Adams County, Mississippi, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 18,464....
), killing several hundred people, including the Jesuit Father Paul Du Poisson, and carrying off most of the women and children. The Natchez War was a disaster for French Louisiana, but with the help of the Choctaw

Choctaw

The Choctaw are a Native Americans in the United States people originally from the Southeastern United States . They are of the Muskogean languages group....
, the Natchez and their allies, the Yazoo were defeated and scattered.

A military outpost established on the site by the Spaniards

Spanish people

Spanish people or Spaniards are a nation or ethnic group native to Spain, in the Iberian Peninsula of southwestern Europe. They are often considered an amalgam of different ethnic groups, rather than an ethnic group by itself....
in 1790 was known as Nogales, but it changed to Walnut Hills (Nogales is Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
for walnut trees) when the Americans took possession in March of 1798.

A sprawling community developed which officially incorporated in 1825 as Vicksburg, named after Newitt Vick, a Methodist minister and conscientious objector

Conscientious objector

A conscientious objector is an individual who, on religious, moral or ethical grounds, refuses to participate as a combatant in war or, in some cases, to take any role that would support a combatant organization armed forces....
of the Revolution

American Revolution

The American Revolution refers to the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies of North America overthrew the governance of the British Empire and then rejected the British monarchy to become the sovereign United States of America....
. During the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
, it was site of the Siege of Vicksburg, a significant event in which the Union

Union (American Civil War)

During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the Federal government of the United States of the United States, which was supported by the twenty-three states which were not part of the secession attempt by the 11 states that formed the Confederate States of America....
gained control of the entire Mississippi River

Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the longest river in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico....
. The 47-day siege

Siege

A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by Battle of attrition and/or assault. The term derives from sedere, Latin for "to sit." A siege occurs when an attacker encounters a city or fortress that cannot be easily taken by a coup de main and refuses to surrender ....
was intended to starve the city into submission, for its location atop a high bluff overlooking the Mississippi River proved impregnable to assault by federal troops. The capture of Vicksburg and the simultaneous defeat of Lee

Robert E. Lee

Robert Edward Lee , was a career United States United States Army officer , an engineer, and among the most celebrated generals in American history....
at Gettysburg

Battle of Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg , fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, as part of the Gettysburg Campaign, was the battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War and is frequently cited as the war's Turning point of the American Civil War....
marked the turning point

Turning point of the American Civil War

There is widespread disagreement over the turning point of the American Civil War. The idea of a turning point is an event after which most observers would agree that the eventual outcome was inevitable....
in the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
. in Vicksburg, circa 1905]] Because of the city's location on the Mississippi River, its reputation in the 19th century often rested on the river's prodigious steamboat

Steamboat

A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam engine, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels....
traffic. Between 1881 and 1894, the Anchor Line

Anchor Line

The Anchor Line was a steamboat company that operated a fleet of boats on the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Missouri, and New Orleans, Louisiana, between 1859 and 1898, when it went out of business....
, a prominent steamboat

Steamboat

Flood

A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land, a deluge. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide....
cut off the large meander

Meander

A meander in general is a bend in a sinuosity watercourse, also known as an oxbow loop, or simply an oxbow. A meander is formed when the moving water in a river erodes the outer banks and widens its valley creating a meander....
flowing past Vicksburg leaving access to the new channel limited. The United States Army Corps of Engineers

United States Army Corps of Engineers

The United States Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency and a major Army command made up of some 34,600 civilian and 650 military personnel, making it the world's largest public services engineering, design and construction management agency....
diverted the Yazoo River

Yazoo River

The Yazoo River is a river in the U.S. state of Mississippi.The Yazoo River was named by French explorer Ren?-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in 1682 in reference to the Yazoo tribe living near the river's mouth....
in 1903 into the old, shallowing channel to rejuvenate the waterfront. Railroad access to the west was by transfer steamers and ferry barges until a combination railroad and highway bridge was built in 1929. This is the only Mississippi River rail crossing between Baton Rouge and Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County, Tennessee. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff just south of the mouth of the Wolf River ....
and the only highway crossing between Natchez

Natchez

Natchez may refer to:* Natchez people, a Native American nation* Natchez language, the language of that tribe* Natchez, Mississippi, a town in the United States...
and Greenville

Greenville, Mississippi

Greenville is a city in Washington County, Mississippi, Mississippi, United States. The population was 41,633 at the 2000 census, but according to the 2007 census bureau estimates, has since declined to 36,178....
. Interstate 20

Interstate 20

Interstate 20 is a major east-west Interstate Highway in the southeastern United States. I-20 runs 1,535 miles from near Kent, Texas, at Interstate 10 to Florence, South Carolina, at Interstate 95 in South Carolina....
bridged the River after 1973 and freight rail traffic still crosses by the old bridge. North-South transportation links are by the Mississippi River and U.S. Highway 61.

On March 12, 1894, the popular soft drink Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola is a carbonation soft drink sold in stores, restaurants and vending machines worldwide . It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke or as Cola or Pop....
was bottled for the first time in Vicksburg by Joseph Biedenharn, a local confectioner

Confectionery

Confectionery is the set of food items that are rich in sugar, any one or type of which is called a confection. Modern usage may include substances rich in artificial sweeteners as well....
. Today, surviving nineteenth-century Biedenharn soda

Soft drink

A soft drink is a beverage that does not contain alcohol. Carbonated soft drinks are commonly known as soda, soda pop, pop, coke or tonic in various parts of the United States, pop in Canada, fizzy drinks in the United Kingdom and Australia and sometimes minerals in Ireland....
bottle

Bottle

A bottle is a container with a neck that is narrower than the body and a "mouth." Bottles are often made of glass, clay, plastic or other impervious materials, and typically used to store liquids such as water, milk, soft drinks, beer, wine, cooking oil, medicine, shampoo, ink and chemicals....
s are prized by collectors of Coca-Cola memorabilia, and his candy store is the Biedenharn Coca-Cola Museum.

Vicksburg served as the primary refugee gathering point and temporary housing during the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927

Great Mississippi Flood of 1927

The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in United States history....
which submerged an area of the Mississippi Delta

Mississippi Delta

The Mississippi Delta is the distinct northwest section of the state of Mississippi that lies between the Mississippi River and Yazoo Rivers. Technically not a River delta but part of an alluvial plain, it has been said that the Delta "begins in the lobby of the Peabody Hotel and ends on Catfish Row in Vicksburg, Mississippi" ...
nearly the size of New England

New England

New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern corner of the country, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Canada and New York State, and consisting of the modern U.S....
. That flood was the impetus towards establishment of the United States Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station as the primary hydraulics laboratory to develop protection from the river. That establishment, now known as the Engineer Research and Development Center, works in the areas of military engineering, information technology, environmental engineering, hydraulic engineering, and geotechnical engineering.

Racial unrest

Vicksburg’s history is scarred by racial unrest, including numerous lynchings and the Vicksburg Massacre which occurred on December 7, 1874, in which at least 50 black residents were murdered. Some accounts state that upwards of 300 blacks were killed in Vicksburg and the surrounding area. The killings were the result of whites fighting to remove black elected officials in Vicksburg. President Ulysses S. Grant sent Federal troops to Vicksburg to quell the violence.

The Mississippi Plan

Mississippi Plan

The Mississippi Plan of 1875 was devised by the Demofatic Party to overthrow the Republican Party by organized violence, suppression of the black vote and disruption of elections, in order to regain political control of the legislature and governor's office....
of 1875 sprung up from the Vicksburg Massacre. The plan consisted of intimidating black voters, thereby preventing the election of black officials.

Geography

Vicksburg is located at (32.335986, -90.875356). According to the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the city has a total area of 35.3 square miles (98.32 km²), of which, 32.9 square miles (85.2 km²) of it is land and 2.4 square miles (6.2 km²) of it (6.78%) is water. It is located at the confluence

Confluence

Confluence may refer to:* Confluence , the point where two or more bodies of water meet and merge* Deformation , the streamline air flow convergence of a fluid air parcel...
of the Mississippi River

Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the longest river in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico....
and Yazoo River

Yazoo River

Demographics

As of the census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
of 2000, there were 26,407 people, 10,364 households, and 6,612 families residing in the city. The population density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
was 803.1 people per square mile (310.1/km²). There were 11,654 housing units at an average density of 354.4/sq mi (136.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 37.80% White, 60.43% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.61% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.41% from other races

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, and 0.59% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.04% of the population. There were 10,364 households out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.9% were married couples

Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
living together, 24.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.2% were non-families. 32.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.15.

In the city the population was spread out with 28.4% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 82.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $28,466, and the median income for a family was $34,380. Males had a median income of $29,420 versus $20,728 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
for the city was $16,174. About 19.3% of families and 23.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 34.8% of those under age 18 and 16.5% of those age 65 or over.

The city is also home to three large Corps of Engineers installations, , the headquarters, and the headquarters.

Education

The City of Vicksburg is served by the Vicksburg-Warren School District

Vicksburg-Warren School District

The Vicksburg-Warren School District is a public school district based in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Mississippi . The district's boundaries parallel that of Warren County, Mississippi....
, Vicksburg Catholic School (St. Francis Xavier Elementary and St. Aloysius High School), as well as Porter's Chapel Academy.

Trivia

Vicksburg is home to the world's longest running melodrama, Gold in the Hills.

Confederate Army General
General

A General officer is an Officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is just called general....
John C. Pemberton
John C. Pemberton

John Clifford Pemberton , was a career United States Army officer who fought in the Seminole Wars and with distinction during the Mexican?American War....
, surmising that he could get better terms by surrendering the town on July 4 did so, and on that date he had his troops stack their arms and allow Ulysses S. Grant and Union troops to enter the city. Pemberton was thereafter scorned for his conduct of the siege. The city of Vicksburg did not celebrate the Fourth of July again until during World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
.

"Down around Vicksburg" is where the singer meets the "Mississippi Queen
Mississippi Queen

"Mississippi Queen" is a song originally performed by the band Mountain ."Mississippi Queen" was written by Leslie West and drummer Corky Laing....
" in the rock and roll standard of the same name by the band Mountain
Mountain (band)

Mountain is an United States rock music Band . The band broke up in 1972, reformed two years later, and have since reconvened and resumed performing and recording....
.

Some of the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?
O Brother, Where Art Thou?

O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a comedy-adventure film made by the Coen Brothers. Released in 2000 in film, the film is set in Mississippi during the Great Depression ....
was filmed here.

Vicksburg is home to the McRaven House
McRaven House

McRaven was built ca.1797 by Andrew Glass in a town called Walnut Hills, which is now Vicksburg, MS. In the American Civil War era, it was known as the Bobb House, and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as such....
, said to be one of the most haunted houses in America.

Cultural references

Vicksburg is mentioned in the Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is an United States award regarded as the highest national honor in newspaper journalism, literary achievements and musical composition....
winning play
Play

A play, or stageplay, is a form of literature written by a playwright, almost always consisting of dialogue between fictional characters, intended for theatre performance rather than Reading ....
Crimes of the Heart
Crimes of the Heart

Crimes of the Heart is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Beth Henley....
by Beth Henley.

In the play, The Boys in the Band
The Boys in the Band

The Boys in the Band is a 1970 in film United States drama film directed by William Friedkin. The screenplay by Mart Crowley is based on his off-Broadway The Boys in the Band ....
by Vicksburg native Mart Crowley
Mart Crowley

Mart Crowley is an United States playwright.Crowley was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. After graduating from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C....
, Vicksburg is jokinging called "Hot Coffee, Mississippi."

Jacob Appel's classic short story, The Siege, takes place in Vickburg during the spring of 1863.

The city is mentioned multiple times in the series of books surrounding the Logan family including Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a drama novel by Mildred D. Taylor, following the life of an African-American family in 1930s Mississippi, and how they cope with racism and oppression....
(1976) and Let The Circle Be Unbroken
Let the Circle Be Unbroken

Let The Circle be Unbroken is the 1981 sequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, written by Mildred D. Taylor. T.J.'s punishment is approaching, Stacey runs away to find work, and the Logan children's cousin, Suzella Rankin, tries to pass herself off as a white person, but fails which leads to embarrassing consequences....
(1981), by Mildred Taylor.

Notable residents

William Wirt Adams
William Wirt Adams

William Wirt Adams , was a United States district court judge for the state of Mississippi, a soldier for the Republic of Texas, and a Confederate States of America officer and general in the American Civil War....
, Confederate Army officer and member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
Mississippi House of Representatives

The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature, the lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi....
Tommy Bishop, country guitarist; godfather of "rockabilly" guitar.
Ellis Burks
Ellis Burks

Ellis Rena Burks is a former outfielder and designated hitter who played in Major League Baseball for 18 seasons. He batted and threw right-handed....
, former MLB outfielder.
Charles Burnett
Charles Burnett (director)

Charles Burnett is a MacArthur Award-winning American filmmaker. Like many black families, his parents decided to leave Mississippi for California in the Great Migration, in search of jobs in the booming defense industry and better living conditions, including the chance to vote....
, filmaker.
Odia Coates
Odia Coates

Odia Coates was an United States singer, best known for her work with Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka....
, country singer.
Rod Coleman
Rod Coleman

Roderick Dwayne Coleman is an American football defensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He most recently played for the Atlanta Falcons....
, defensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons

The Atlanta Falcons are an American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia . They are currently a member of the NFC South division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League ....
.
Eva Davis, preserved and saved the Old Vicksburg Courthouse, made it into a museum
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Finis Davis was an United States politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history, 1861 to 1865, during the American Civil War....
, Mexican war hero, U.S. Congressman, Senator, Secretary of War, and President of the Confederate States of America resided at his Mississippi river plantation "Brierfield" south of Vicksburg in Warren County.
Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon

William James "Willie" Dixon was a well-known United States blues bassist, singing, songwriter, arranger and record producer. His songs, including "Little Red Rooster", "Hoochie Coochie Man", "Evil ", "Spoonful", "Back Door Man", "I Just Want to Make Love to You", "I Ain't Superstitious", "My Babe", "Wang Dang Doodle", and "Bring It on Home"...
, blues bassist, singer, songwriter, and producer.
John "Kayo" Dottley, college All-American and Professional Football Player
Brian Alan Formby, creator of the original "Okra mascot" costume for Delta State University.
Louis Green
Louis Green

Louis Edward Green is a American football player. Green attended Jefferson County High School in Fayette, Mississippi and was a letterman in football....
, linebacker for the Denver Broncos
Denver Broncos

The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado, Colorado. They are currently a member of the American Football Conference AFC West in the National Football League ....
.
Milt Hinton
Milt Hinton

Milt Hinton born Milton John Hilton , "the dean of jazz bass players," was an United States jazz double bassist and photographer. He was nicknamed "The Judge"....
, jazz bassist
Joseph Holt
Joseph Holt

General Joseph Holt was a leading member of the James Buchanan#Administration and Cabinet and was Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Army in the United States Army, most notably during the Abraham Lincoln assassination....
, longest serving Judge Advocate General of the Army.
Cleve Latham, President of National Association of College Admission Counseling, 1992; President of Southern Association of College Admission Counseling, 1988
George McConnell
George McConnell

George McConnell is an American guitarist from Vicksburg, Mississippi who played for Widespread Panic, Kudzu Kings, and Beanland. He attended the University of Mississippi where he was in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity....
, former guitarist for Widespread Panic
Widespread Panic

Widespread Panic is an United States band from Athens, Georgia. The current lineup includes guitarist/singer John Bell , bassist Dave Schools, drummer Todd Nance, percussionist Domingo "Sunny" Ortiz, keyboardist John Hermann, and guitarist Jimmy Herring....
, Kudzu Kings, and Beanland
Michael Myers
Michael Myers (American football)

Michael Myers is an American football defensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He played college football at the University of Alabama....
, defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals

The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ohio. It is currently a member of the AFC North of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
.
George Reed
George Reed

George Robert Reed, Order of Canada is a former American college football and Canadian Football League player. Reed, along with Mike Pringle and Johnny Bright, is one of the players most often mentioned as being the greatest running back in CFL history....
, Former Running Back for the Saskatchewan Roughriders
Saskatchewan Roughriders

The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, founded in 1910 in sports. They play their home games at Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field....
,CFL
Canadian Football League

The Canadian Football League is a professional sports league located entirely in Canada.Its eight teams, which are located in eight cities, are divided into two division of four teams each ....
Hall of Fame member.
Beah Richards
Beah Richards

Beah Richards was an American actress with a long career on stage, screen and television. She was also a poet, playwright and author.Born Beulah Richardson in Vicksburg, Mississippi, her mother was a seamstress and PTA advocate and her father was a Baptist minister....
, African-American film and television actress
Frederick Henry Sollys, owner and operator of Sollys' Hot Tamales for 52 years and creator of its unique original recipe.
Taylor Tankersley
Taylor Tankersley

Taylor Mark Tankersley is a left-handed relief pitcher for the Florida Marlins. He is a son of a nuclear physicist.He began playing baseball at a young age, but also excelled at soccer....
, Florida Marlins
Florida Marlins

The Florida Marlins are a professional baseball based in Miami Gardens, Florida, United States. Established in 1993 as an expansion franchise, the Marlins are a member of the National League East of Major League Baseball's National League....
relief pitcher.
Candace Palmertree Werginz, a Vicksburg native who now lives in Atlanta, publisher of online magazines CurvyGirl.com and Bombshells.com.
Delmon Young
Delmon Young

Delmon Damarcus Young is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Minnesota Twins. He is the younger brother of MLB player Dmitri Young, an outfielder and first baseman for the Washington Nationals....
, outfielder for the Minnesota Twins
Minnesota Twins

The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. The Twins are a member of the American League Central of Major League Baseball's American League....
.
Dmitri Young
Dmitri Young

'Dmitri Dell Young' is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Washington Nationals. His nickname is "'Da Meat Hook'". He is 6'2 and 300 pounds....
, first baseman for the Washington Nationals
Washington Nationals

The Washington Nationals are an American professional baseball based in Washington, D.C., United States. The Nationals are a member of the National League East of Major League Baseball's National League....

Sites of interest

Sources

Cox, James L. The Mississippi Almanac. (2001). ISBN 0-9643545-2-7.

Vicksburg, Mississippi

History

Racial unrest

Geography

Demographics

Education

Trivia

Cultural references

Notable residents

Sites of interest

Sources

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