Yesterday was occupied with touring the Vicksburg Battlefield. It was hotter than blue blazes and I say this as one who knows! Tour included documentary film and talks by a re-enactor. Such sadness. This has the highest number of monuments of any of the Civil War.
Illinois sent the most soldiers to the battle and has the biggest monument. Alabama Memorial Replica of Confederate fortification used during the Siege of Vicksburg. USS Cairo – this Union ironclad bombarded Vicksburg before it was sunk by a Confederate mine. Much later it was recovered and is now on displayToday, I’m looking forward to a tour of B.B. King’s hometown of Indianola, Mississippi and a nice dose of the Blues.
