• View from Battery DeGolyer

    Vicksburg

    National Military Park Mississippi

  • Battlefield Restoration Project

    The project is near completion on the South Loop. Contractors will be moving to the Phase III area at Graveyard Rd and Union Ave after Memorial Day. Please watch for truck traffic moving through the USS Cairo parking lot and on the tour road in this area. More »

Suggested Reading

Vicksburg National Military Park has developed over 40 site bulletins for free public distribution. This material, in PDF format, is available for downloading on the Printable Brochures page.

Other reading material is available for purchase through the Eastern National Bookstores located in the Clay Street Visitor Center and USS Cairo Museum, located at the entrance to Vicksburg National Military Park.
 
Park Site Bulletins
Park Site Bulletins
NPS Photos

Did You Know?

Thomas O. Selfridge

Thomas O. Selfridge, captain of the USS Cairo, commanded three boats which sank during the war. Each began with the letter "C"-Cumberland, Cairo, and Conestoga. The coincidence was noted after the Conestoga sank, and Selfridge was assigned to the USS Osage, which survived to the end of the war.