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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 »
Brig. Gen. Jacob G. Lauman
NPS image Brig. Gen. Jacob G. Lauman, bronze bust Jacob G. Lauman, Brig. Gen. Cost: $570 for bronze, $208.91 pedestal by Federal Government Sculptor: R. Hinson Perry Erected: March 1914 Original Location: Wisconsin Avenue |
Did You Know?
President Abraham Lincoln, in speaking of Vicksburg's importance, is reputed to have stated early during the Civil War, "See what a lot of land these fellows hold, of which Vicksburg is the key, the war can never be brought to a close until that key is in our pocket."