Vicksburg National Military Park

Drive a 16-mile tour road past Civil War monuments, trenches and cannons, and see the ironclad gunboat USS Cairo.

3201 Clay St · Vicksburg, MS

About Vicksburg National Military Park

Vicksburg National Military Park preserves the ground of the 47-day siege of 1863 that helped give the Union control of the Mississippi River. A 16-mile tour road winds past more than 1,300 monuments and markers, 20 miles of earthworks and 144 cannons. You can also visit the USS Cairo, a Union gunboat that was the first American ship sunk by a torpedo, and the Vicksburg National Cemetery. Start at the visitor center on Clay Street, where your entrance pass is good for seven days.

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