Vicksburg is situated in southern
Mississippi,
near the Louisiana
border. It is only 43 miles (69 kilometers)
west of Jackson
and 176 miles (283 kilometers) east
of Shreveport.
Vicksburg is the county seat of Warren
County, and home to 26,407 people.
Due to its strategic position on the
Mississippi River, Vicksburg was known
as "the Gibralter of the Confederacy,"
and...
