Vicksburg National Military Park

This was on our way back from Texas, in August, I forgot to post.  We detoured to Vicksburg, Mississippi.  We wanted to 'kick' our not back to school year off with a side trip and this was the place to do such a thing.

We toured the visitor center.

Watched the movie about Vicksburg.

Next, we drove the battleground listening to the audio tour.  It was very surreal to see the terrain and imagine what the soldiers went through during the siege.

We enjoyed looking at the U.S.S. Cairo museum for the ironclad ship.  It's history was extremely interesting.

We enjoyed our history lesson about Vicksburg.