Vicksburg News

'Forlorn Hope' Medal of Honor veteran of Battle of Vicksburg 150 years ago, has Washington County as his final resting place The years 2011 through 2015 are full of Civil War sesquicentennials.

In his Civil War novels, Jeff Shaara brings to life all the noise, deprivation, exhaustion and frustration typical of war, and his new tale of the Battle of Vicksburg is no exception.

Two Louisiana inmates face life sentences next week in the kidnapping death of an Ohio businessman abducted from a hotel in Mississippi during a 2011 crime spree.

The closest commercial airport is in Jackson, Miss., about 50 miles away. There are no nonstop flights from South Florida.

As we prepare our get-togethers and barbeques this weekend to celebrate Memorial Day, I hope that everyone will take a few moments to remember the reasons we celebrate this day and the people who gave their lives so that we can enjoy the freedoms we have.

Joint research by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg and the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center has developed a family of new cloth-type structural components named "Hydrostatically Enabled Structural Elements," or HESEs.

This Week in The Civil War, for week of Sunday, May 26: Fighting for control of the lower Mississippi River.

The U.S. Civil War gunboat Cairo is shown in this undated photograph. The Union gunboat was sunk on Dec.

Melissa Beatty, right, and her daughter Amanda, 9, sit on a ledge overlooking some of the graves of Union soldiers killed during the Civil War at the Vicksburg military campaign, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Vicksburg, Miss.

Gen. Thomas E.G. Ransom woke early on May 22, 1863. The Union brigade commander and his senior officers had spent part of the previous night reconnoitering the formidable enemy defenses that protected Vicksburg, Miss.

The Mississippi River town of Vicksburg is holding several events this week to mark the 150th anniversary of its siege during the Civil War.

Accused killer James Cobb Hutto, on trial this week in Hinds County Circuit Court on charges he brutally murdered an elderly Clinton woman, continues this week to make loud outbursts in the courtroom.

A mandatory pre-proposal conference is set June 14 for any contractor considering a proposal.

An approaching line of intense thunderstorms with a history of producing widespread wind damage has prompted the Storm Prediction Center to issue a severe thunderstorm watch for much of central Mississippi .

James Cobb Hutto appeared in Hinds County Circuit Court today on the second day of his capital murder trial, getting an admonition from the judge after yelling an expletive and giving the audience the finger.

The fall of Vicksburg, Miss., to forces under Gen. Ulysses S. Grant is remembered for the long, intensive siege that led up to it.

VNMP is hosting 3 outdoor concerts at the Clay Street Visitor Center, May 24, 25, & 26.

This week 150 years ago in the Civil War, Ulysses Grant hurled his Union forces at heavily fortified Vicksburg, Miss., in hopes of a swift conquest of the Mississippi River city.

Michael P. Miller, senior environmental protection specialist, Regulatory Branch, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District, was recently presented the Larry N. Harper Regulator of the Year Award for his outstanding service and support.

VICKSBURG - The Public Transportation Board is reviewing a proposal from the Vicksburg police department for penalizing companies offering vehicles for hire for violations of the local cab ordinance.