Historical theater is presented by the Vicksburg Theatre Guild.
Many of Vicksburg's 19th-century houses and buildings are open to the public for tours. Vicksburg National Military Park outlines the positions of both armies. David Dixon Porter against the Confederate forces of Gen.
In 1863, after a 47-day siege pitting Gen. About VicksburgAlthough the ships docking here today are riverboat casinos, Vicksburg's location on the Mississippi River was of such strategic importance during the Civil War that the city was called the Gibraltar of the Confederacy.
