Civil War Artifacts at the Museum of Mississippi History: Vicksburg 160

We continue our tour of Vicksburg museums at the Museum of Mississippi History in Jackson, MS to check out their incredible Civil War collection.
This video is part of our commemoration of the 160th Anniversary of the Vicksburg Campaign. Videos will be added from now until the beginning of July. To view the full set of tours, visit: • Vicksburg Campaign: 16...
Explore more of the Museum of Mississippi History: www.mmh.mdah.ms.gov
The American Battlefield Trust preserves America’s hallowed battlegrounds and educates the public about what happened there and why it matters. We permanently protect these battlefields for future generations as a lasting and tangible memorial to the brave soldiers who fought in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War.

[@Spinonemaster]

My Uncle (a NYC Yankee) purchased a large 1,000 acre former plantation in Granada MS in the early 60's complete with a large Antebellum mansion ... he bred horses, cattle and dogs (bird dogs/ hunting dogs and Bouvier des Flandres/cattle dog of flanders ... I, also a middle class, NJ Yankee, spent a few summers on the farm as a young boy ... wonderful experience learning about rural, agrarian farm life in the deep south, riding and hunting along with daily farm chores, yet it was the mid 60's and racial tensions were high with the Civil Rights Movement in full swing ... I was of course shocked at the abject poverty I saw of both blacks and whites ... as well as the obvious segregation and lingering "War of Northern Aggression" ... can't say we were accepted openly, more of a tolerance as my uncle was both wealthy and worldly and we were taught to be polite and respectful of all ... ironically we had family that fought on both sides ... and the research I've done shows they all survived the war ... to this day the war fascinates me from both the political and military perspectives ... and respect the bravery shown on both sides ... but at 68 yrs old I'm still unsettled that it even took place, and the price both sides payed to settle it ... I consider all CW battle sites to be hollowed ground no matter who won ... I've walked many of them

[@gregorywolff5917]

Thank you for this enlightenment, you are very lucky to experience so much of this history

[@joeritchie4554]

I have been through Jackson MS several times when I lived in Louisiana. I never knew this museum was there. I wish I knew about it because it would have been great to visit.

[@SouthernGentleman]

Love and respect 🫡 to Americans on both sides

[@stephensdygert7600]

An evil man seeketh only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. Proverbs 17: 11(kjv)

[@SouthernGentleman]

@@stephensdygert7600 Peter 2:17 - Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. Israel is a rebel nation America is a rebel nation Ukraine, Australia, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, and so on. Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Ireland 🇮🇪 Defending your native state isn’t rebellion. And I don’t think a verse about rebelling against God is on topic

[@rweezy6246]

​@@stephensdygert7600 No one cares Steven... We don't need Bible quotes in response to respecting these warriors... on both sides. That's why we're are here on this channel.

[@stephensdygert7600]

@@rweezy6246 Its unfortunate you have a reprobate mind. Maybe that will change. The billionaire class in the Confederacy sacrificed youg boys, in a war, they knew they had no chance of winning. All wars accomplish two things. Great profits and wealth for a small ruling class, by the deaths of many innocent people. Read the book by General Smedley Butler. The two dumbest wars in American history the Confederacy declaring war on the US government to preserve the institution of slavery and human trafficking. And WW I . JP Morgan financed both sides in WWI.

[@SouthernGentleman]

Peter 2:17 says respect all and his verse says don’t rebel against God.

[@terryeustice5399]

A very impressive museum. And the connection to Gettysburg. And the Southern dead officers. Thank you Kris and Shane. And the tour of all these interesting flags of the south and artifacts. 💯👊👍

[@Rowehouse1819]

Incredible museum

[@blakebufford6239]

" A horn taken from a cows...uh ... (Horn!) ...horn. thank you. 😂 Just ribbin ya Chris! Your awesome! 😎

[@eagletalons5333]

"Powder Horn"..

[@tinman8518]

@@eagletalons5333 Yes.

[@eagletalons5333]

@@tinman8518 Yep, once served at "Camp Powder Horn' in Honduras, C.A. building roads back in 1988 under Reagan Admin.. Oh, the memories!

[@msspi764]

The Two Mississippi Museums as they are called here are extraordinary. The battles are a very small part of the Civil War history of Mississippi. A large part of the story is of the tens of thousands of Mississippians who escaped enslavement to enlist in US Colored Troop regiments. It’s touched on in the history museum but covered in greater detail in the Civil Rights museum. A lot of those men settled into the same communities as the men they fought and their former enslavers did which helped create the racial and community dynamics of the post war era. The Civil Rights museum starts early in Mississippi history and carries through to the present day, and it touches beyond the names you know well to the names of individuals who were involved in the struggle and to those who were lynched. Mississippi does not shy away from its difficult stories. If you’re going to make the trip spend the day and do it all. If you can’t, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) does weekly History is Lunch programs. They’re on KZbin and they are some pretty amazing things. Look them up! And check out the restaurants in Fondren. I like the Pig and Pint, barbecue and craft beer. The fried green tomatoes are not to be missed!

[@Jess-bs2jw]

Thanks

[@lorenagallardo1281]

Wow! Incredible museo

[@robertweber567]

Fantastic collection. As usual, well done Chris and Chris!

[@catdeddy8427]

Born in Vicksburg I have had a lifelong interest in the battlefield, etc. I have heard a couple of times the names of the people who are credited with discovery of the location of the Cairo. If my former coworker with the Corps of Engineers was correct, the person who unknowingly first located the wreck was a Corps staffer named Jeff McClutchey. He was doing routine sonar inspection of the bottom the Yazoo when he documented an anomaly that needed further investigation by others. That is what actually led to the confirmed discovery. Also, my ancestors’ home at Brownsville was commandeered by the Union around the time of the capture of Jackson. It is located on what became State Highway 22, which at the time was a “main drag” between Jackson and Vicksburg and is just a few miles from Champion Hill. There was a minor skirmish on the property and one of the chimneys was damaged by a small cannonball. Finally, I highly recommend the book “Vicksburg 1863” by Winston Groom, the author of Forrest Gump. It is hands down the finest detailed description I have read about the runup to the Siege.

[@scottrosen9368]

very interesting

[@MatthewTurner-fn3mv]

Great vid, I need to visit that museum

[@gregbiggs5674]

The 2nd Mississippi Infantry flag with the "Gettysburg" battle honor was not issued to them until August/September 1863 when the replacement flags lost for many of the units at Gettysburg got those new flags with that honor.

[@edglass9912]

Wow that’s a great place!! Thanks so much for the tour, will definitely have to check this museum out!! Great work!! Ed from Lynchburg

[@jimmyjames9752]

SAVE OUR BATTLEFIELDS AMERICA 🇺🇸

[@michaelbrasher2336]

The 2nd Mississippi flag was not replaced on July 2nd as shown. Simply could not have happened. Probably Aug/Sep 1863 along with other units in Heth's Division *(Howard Madaus conversation, 1993).

[@gregbiggs5674]

Correct. The regiment nay have had a spare flag there but it did not have the GB battle honor on it. The 5th Alabama Battalion lost their flag with honors in Pickett's Charge but carried their older Second Bunting flag as a spare and lost that too at Falling Waters.

[@StabbinJoeScarborough]

More MOH winners from Mississippi than any other state

[@kevinbradley3356]

I'm a proud native mississippian and never knew that! I'm ashamed of myself,thank for the info.

[@michaeldouglas1243]

Wow never knew that Tiffany n company made batleflags and swords.

[@markmason2970]

Buttons writ8ng desks..sooo much more

[@Toolaholic7]

When Jefferson Davis was captured,the union took confederate gold and some went to Muskegon,MI which Charles Hackley got it

[@bigsarge2085]

✌

[@kevinbradley3356]

Chris white spoke of Mississippi as " INTERESTING and beautiful" as a native mississippian I agree! People who won't bother with Mississippi won't ever know. It takes a couple of Yankees from Pennsylvania to let the rest of the world know what's in this great state.thanks Chris and chris.keep up the good work. P.s. come to Holly Springs when you can! It's worth the trip.

[@jevans9359]

A couple of Yankees? Man, you really are still living in the 19th century.

[@kevinbradley3356]

@@jevans9359 relax ,just a joke.

[@Elbowendj]

Very interesting, thank you. As a Brit., the use of "whenever" for "when" seems odd.😄

[@ellonysman]

Wish a good cival war display was around coweta or senoia....😅

[@Mikes5785]

Love the content, but I wish you could/would somehow identify the order in which the episodes are produced

[@city9163]

At 15:35 He said 13000 years????🤔

[@Skipping2HellPHX]

3:30 Jeff Davis is the most famous Mississippian? C'mon, this is the state that gave us Elvis!

[@acebrandon3522]

Daddy like the vid.

[@genenoud9048]

Why did the iron brigade give that flag back

[@carlalorch8650]

Maybe it was done as a sign of reconciliation? My great-great uncle had his flag stolen at Gettysburg and some guy in Virginia now owns it. My family tried to purchase it back from him, but he refused.

[@voraciousreader3341]

How about increasing your vocabulary so that you won’t need to say, “Cool,” all the time?? This is the second Civil War video I’ve watched today, and both narrators seem to be limited to, “Cool!” I know this was done off the cuff, so to speak, and I don’t like to be critical, but this word choice stands out so much that I wanted to bring it to your attention.

[@whodatsaddle]

cool man

[@GeorgeWashingtonX]

I'm (pleasantly) surprised the Battlefield Trust showed Confederate flags in this clip.. They've been making an appeasement effort to purge Confederate symbols (like their former logo).. And have been no where to be found as Confederate monuments & graves are destroyed and desecrated.

[@kevinbradley3356]

Your absolutely right,georgex.its never occurred to me.damn,I've got to rethink a thing or two

[@Bullrider33Outdoors]

Makes Me Want To Buy A Few Confederate Flags

[@herecomesaregular8418]

🙄Y'all have got to be kidding with this nonsense.

[@liberalman8319]

You all lost the war! We won, we kicked your butts. Get over it. Most rebellions the traitors get hung. And yet you are triggered because the losers can’t have a monument. Are you frigging kidding me. Do you need to go 0-2?

[@GeorgeWashingtonX]

@@thescholar4524 Well, in (partial) defense of Union hypocrisy. A lot of the Union power structure admitted the War was about forcefully maintaining the Union. The concept that the War was SOLELY about emancipation is more of a modern rewrite.. to reinforce/legitimize modern ideology on American multiculturalism. (peace)

[@catdeddy8427]

Please stop misusing the word “whenever”. When an action only occurs once, referring to it with “whenever” is completely bad grammar.

[@carlalorch8650]

They captured a bible. Nice euphemism.

[@stephensdygert7600]

An evil man seeketh only rebellion, therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. Proverbs 17:11(kjv)

[@SouthernGentleman]

⁠Peter 2:17 - Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. Israel is a rebel nation America is a rebel nation Ukraine, Australia, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, and so on. Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Ireland 🇮🇪 Defending your native state isn’t rebellion. And I don’t think a verse about rebelling against God is on topic

[@bennoe5715]

@@SouthernGentlemanThe principles for which you are rebelling matter.

[@herecomesaregular8418]

@@SouthernGentlemanThey weren't defending their native states, but rather what their native states *were doing*.

[@stephensdygert7600]

@@herecomesaregular8418 After the great Flood in Genesis. God instituted the dispensation of government to keep civilization more civil. God's foreknowledge(Omniscience) knew that most of these future governments, kingdoms, and empires would be evil. However the world would be better off, than the libertarian world of bands and clans that existed in the government-less world before the flood Adam- Noah. Any country(government) that defends themselves against any invading army, has the right to defend themselves. Rebellion, servile insurrection and revolution is a completely different story. You turning on your own people. That why a evil man will choose Rebellion. Actually after the revolution in 1776 it was worst for the average colonist. That stupid war was only 247 years ago. Keep in mind King George bailed out the slave owning oligarchs, and saved their human trafficking plantations in the French Indian war. Washington fought in the British army. When the King wanted them to pay some restitution for the war cost. They reneged on money they owed the King. What I've learned in my life, if I would of been alive in 1776 I would of been a loyalist and fought with the British. All empires come and they go for the same reasons. The murder of Abraham Lincoln and JFK are two of many reasons the US empire is crumbling. It's not a question if the US empire falls, it when? And will they try to take down the rest of the world with them. Any finally. The US empire is the biggest obstacle for peace in the world today.

[@carlalorch8650]

My ancestors were involved in a rebellion, the American Revolution. It turned out well for me.

[@mercedithcompala8148]

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