Blogs from Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States, North America - page 3

The day started in Vicksburg with a stop by the Cedar hill cemetery. We came upon it quite by accident and it was interesting. Cedar Hill Cemetery is one of the oldest and largest cemeteries in the United States that is still in use today. It is also the final resting place for the Confederate Soldiers of the Civil War. A section in the Cedar Hill (Vicksburg City ) Cemetery was set aside to provide a fitting burial place for Confederate soldiers who died of sickness or wounds. Known as "Soldier's Rest," the plot in Cedar Hill Cemetery is the final resting place for an estimated 5,000 Confederate soldiers. Once again we picked up the Great River Road. It's interesting that it's called the Great "River" Road because we saw the Mississippi only once during the ... read more

Hello from Vicksburg, MS. The last three days have zoomed by. I sure packed a lot into Saturday and Sunday in the DFW area. I explored Fort Worth on Saturday before going up to the evening activities at the Gaylord Texan. The highlight of my evening was a ride along in Elvis. Elvis is a 2002 Miata owned by Flyin’ Miata. Elvis is powered by a Corvette engine! Yes you read correctly a Miata with an LS1 engine. It weighs about 200 pounds more than a stock Miata and keeps the basic weight ratio. And it has that Corvette rumble which I can still feel. Ok so a lot of you may say why put a big V8 in a Miata and I guess my answer is because you can! I first saw Elvis at Road ... read more

Here are pictures of my stop in the National Cemetary in Vickburg National Park. Vicksburg was a big civil war battleground. Its not a huge cemetary like the other National Cemetaries I have been to and it is to worst kept one I have seen. A blog on the rest of the park can be found here: The trip blog starts here: ... read more

Well now, today Marilyn was out of bed and going with me. Yesterday I did the battlefield by myself but with a guide. That is always the best way to do it. Today we did the historic downtown section. This town has a nice feel to it. This battle or siege was fought in 1863. It ended on the 4th of July, the day after Gettysburg fell. Two major defeats for the Confederacy at once. Hard to believe the war went on for two more years. Anyway, General Grant came down the Mississippi from the north on boats, some of which were gun boats. See picture of the one that was on the river bottom for 100 years but preserved nicely by silt. These boats were loud due to cannon fire and the steam boilers. It ... read more

Onward to Columbus, Miss. Graham Shedd is an old friend of my Camden friend,Leonard Lookner.I met him at Leonard's this past summer.He has a 32ft.Trawler,named Sea Shell,which has cruised on for the last 5yrs.,traveling up and down the East Coast several times and currently circumnavigating the East.Up the Hudson,thu the Eire Canal,across the Great Lakes,and now down the mighty Mississippi.He is presently wintering in Columbia Miss. at a marina on the Tom Bigbee River,which connects the Tennessee River and the Gulf of Mexico.We spent a nice day together and the I headed for Fort Wort,Texas to visit an old army buddy(as they say),Luiz De Carvalho.... read more