LMRR'12 Dispatch #40: The Campaign for Vicksburg.

Copyright © 2012 Bob R Bogle

This is the final dispatch related to the Lower Mississippi River Run of 2012:  a link to an exceptional historical overview of a good deal of the ground covered on this trip.

Here's a picture I hadn't seen before:  the pontoon bridge by which Sherman's troops (including the 9th Iowa) crossed the Big Black River on the way to Vicksburg.

LMRR'12 Dispatch #33: Sunday, 7 Oct: Vicksburg to NOLA.

Copyright © 2012 Bob R Bogle


Downtown Vicksburg on a sleepy Sunday.

Back on the road.

Grand Gulf.

Mississippi River at Grand Gulf.

Big Black River at Grand Gulf.

Ruins of Windsor.

Cemetery at Port Gibson.

Earl Van Dorn's grave at Port Gibson.

Wrecked graves at Port Gibson.

Headed east and south:  on to NOLA.

On the Causeway.