Vicksburg National Military Park
3201 Clay Street
Vicksburg, MS 39183

Phone: 601-636-0583

Reconstructed forts and trenches evoke memories of the 47-day siege that ended in the surrender of the city on July 4, 1863.Victory gave the North control of the Mississippi River. The Civil War ironclad gunboat USS Cairo is on display. Vicksburg National Cemetery--18,244 interments, 12,954 unidentified--is within the park; grave space is not available.