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Black Civil War soldiers honored, name by name, at Vicksburg battlefield

VICKSBURG, Miss. — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history. As a small Black girl, she would walk to school through Vicksburg ...
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Monument to Black soldiers who fought in the Civil War stands at Vicksburg National Park

BE FORGOTTEN. >> THE TRUTH HAS TO BE TOLD BECAUSE REZ FOR SO LONG, FOLK HAVE BEEN FORCED TO BELIEVE A LIE. >> VISITORS WALK AMONG THE SOIL THAT UNION AND CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS ONCE SHED THEIR SOULS AND ...
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

Iowans return to Vicksburg to honor Civil War dead

DES MOINES --- One hundred and fifty years ago today, scores of Iowans serving in the Union Army were dug in, laying siege to the Mississippi town of Vicksburg. Two assaults, one on May 19, 1863, and ...
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Donation aids improvements at Civil War battlefield in Vicksburg

Vicksburg National Military Park is receiving over $5 million toward restoring a key monument and removing a building that previously was used as a visitors’ center. Friends of the Vicksburg National ...