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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A scene from a panoramic painting of Grant's assault on Vicksburg. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Railroad redoubt seen from the north showing the slope where General Grant's column charged on May 22, 1863, during the siege of Vicksburg. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The famous "Shirley House" or "White House," stands near the Jackson Road, which was between the Union and Confederate entrenchments during the siege of Vi... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Cave in a hillside occupied by the Lewis family from May 18 to July 4, 1863, during the Civil War siege of Vicksburg. Hundreds of other caves in the vicin... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Confederate "Fort Hill" on the south side of Jackson Road where the Confederate entrenchments run southward. The Siege of Vicksburg lasted from May to July... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Surrender Monument, where Generals Grant and Pemberton met to arrange terms for the surrender of Vicksburg, July 3, 1863. General Pemberton surrendered 31,... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | View from a distance of Fort McPherson, built under the direction of Samuel Glyde Swain. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Three men standing at entrance of residence used as headquarters when S.G. Swain, (on left), was in charge of fortifications at Fort McPherson. All three m... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | View from distance of residence used as headquarters when S.G. Swain was in charge of fortifications at Fort McPherson. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across street toward the headquarters. Caption reads: "General Grant's headquarters during the summer & fall of 1862 before the Battle of Corinth." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Color postcard view of house with trees and yard on a hill. Caption reads: "Grant's Headquarters, Vicksburg, Miss." |
| Date: | 06 01 1864 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Major Robert C. Crowell, F & S, 26th Missouri Infantry. When Crowell was mustered into the regiment he held the posit... |
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| Description: | Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Sergeant Major Francis W. Dunn, Company H, 1st Alabama Cavalry (Union). When Francis W. Dunn was mustered out o... |
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| Description: | "Homewood," with its four Ionic columns in front, was built in 1855-1860 and owned by David Hunt. People are posing on the stairs at the entrance. Caption ... |
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| Description: | "Homewood," one of the largest mansions in the Natchez area, was built in 1855-1860. |
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| Description: | Gloucester, the home of Winthrop Sargent, Mississippi's first governor was built in 1800 by David Williams. |
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| Description: | Originally "Routhland," this residence burned to the ground in 1855, but was rebuilt in 1856 in the Greek revival style and renamed "Dunleith." Caption rea... |
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| Description: | Melrose was a residence constructed between 1841 and 1848 in the classic Greek Revival style. George Kelly began the restoration of the home when he inheri... |
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| Description: | Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Lieutenant James C. Swift, Company B, 1st Alabama Cavalry, in uniform and wearing a hat. Swift mustered into service a... |
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| Description: | View of the steamboat "Senator Cordill" in the Mississippi River near Port Gibson. The boat is carrying an excursion party, and some of the passengers are ... |
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