There are over 1,300 monuments memorializing troops and battles scattered across Vicksburg NMP. The Illinois monument is modeled after the Pantheon and is probably the most recognizable.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Vicksburg National Military Park
Vicksburg was a strategic, Confederate city high on a bluff over the Mississippi River. The siege of Vicksburg lasted for 47 days in 1863 and was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War.
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Pennsylvania?
It's only day 3 and we might already have veered way off course. Bonus points to anyone who already knew that there is a Philadelphia, MS.
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Monday, June 11, 2018
In Flight Entertainment
Card Baseball was one of the several road trip games played today as we crossed Alabama.
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Plains, GA
Taking a brake in Rosalind Carter's butterfly garden outside the Plains Visitor Center. President and Mrs. Carter still live in their same house as when he was elected and are regularly seen around town.
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Andersonville National Historic Site
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Day 2 saw us visit our first NPS site of this trip. It was the site of the Confederate's largest POW prison. It was the most deadly site of the Civil War because over 13,000 Union soldiers died there due to the deplorable conditions. Pictured are the entrance to the stockade (reconstructed) and us at the Springhouse.
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