VICKSBURG: Poor City In The Poorest State (Mississippi) Has Amazing, Rich History

[@clintonkingpin]

Been working in vicksburg for years now and it’s pretty bad. Mostly ran down everything downtown besides a few spots are all crumbling in, homeless, crime, you name it. Even the casinos are old and outdated. Baxter Wilson shutting down will make vicksburg even worse.

[@sainttimothy2230]

Any good places to move in Mississippi

[@clintonkingpin]

@@sainttimothy2230 the coast or north Mississippi Southaven.

[@sharonthornton212]

Brandon, Madison, Clinton, Hattiesburg, Biloxi, Gulfport, Ocean Springs, Southaven

[@johnnywilliams4977]

It seems to me everywhere is not like it used to be.Lord help us.

[@grwoobie1297]

@@sainttimothy2230 Bay St Louis from my understanding.

[@katherinewallace5244]

Ridiculous, I’ve lived here my entire life…Vicksburg is NOT as bad as it is being portrayed here. There are beautiful and well-kept Victorian homes… even building and homes dating back to the 1700’s which are in amazing condition. There are plenty of beautiful and nice new neighborhoods too.

[@dandrijackson1031]

I agree

[@techlife4667]

@Michael Thomas 😂😂😂💯

[@hbrogaming7346]

Yeah a lot of people have at least been to the museum where Coca-Cola was first bottled

[@QueenEvil504]

He does that a lot. Makes cities/towns worse then they are because he wants views and thinks he lives better.

[@84KEYS]

im from New Orleans but resided in Vicksburg for 9 yrs following Katrina my family owns the 3 McDonalds out there. TBH i love Vicksburg....always enjoy revisiting have alot of friends there as well

[@mp7vidz-700]

I love Mississippi I was born and raised here in Jackson but I’m not blind to the fact that my state is poor and the people here have too much pride to see it and make a difference

[@r.pres.4121]

The Republican Party is keeping Mississippi poor and backward while they line their pockets.

[@erickwright7058]

I've actually lived there before and still have friends there. I think he's exaggerating some things about Vicksburg. I wouldn't say it's the poorest city in Mississippi. Years ago, it was a nice place to live in or hang out in.

[@barbarapeller]

Erick Wright, do you if anyone there may have any information on Beulah Cemetery, how I can reach someone, I have been trying to locate where my child was buried there over 45 years ago. Please if you could help me, the number listed for them is not a working number and I have gone as far as locating government officials for help but they cannot find anyone who knows how to reach whoever is over the cemetery.

[@jameswarner300]

@@barbarapellerI know someone that could find it for you that's a residence here

[@barbarapeller]

@@jameswarner300 Thanks, can you pass that info on to me, please.

[@bosshogg1155]

I love the video but Vicksburg is hardly the poorest city/town in the state. There are towns in the Delta and southern Mississippi that make Vicksburg seem like NY.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Depends on the publication and the metrics they use. I had read an article in USA Today that listed Vicksburg as the poorest right before I visited. If you go to Google and type in "Vicksburg Poorest city in the poorest state" it will be the top result.

[@SIUSaluki04]

I live in Vicksburg. I'm not sure what metrics they're using, but there are places that are much much worse. Go pretty much anywhere in the Delta and you'll see it.

[@LadyChatterly]

I was about to say: there are sharecroppers in cities outside of Rolling Fork & Greenwood. I can’t believe that Vicksburg is the poorest city in Mississippi.

[@anthonycassello9528]

There's only a few places in MS that will qualify as a city even using a low cut off for population minimum. Only 20 cities in the state with population >20k with Vicksburg being one of them.

[@justmyopinion9883]

@bosshogg1155, could you name some Delts towns I could Google for comparison? Thank you.

[@jeffreybynum9529]

I hate when people highlight the negatives in a place there are so every well off people in Vicksburg beautiful homes and businesses but for whatever reason all this is ignored

[@jeep19]

Maybe Vicksburg should let go of the lost cause, get some GD plumbing, and septic systems...

[@palmettoms9886]

As a Mississippian I don’t deny our states poverty and I definitely have a love hate relationship with my home here in regards to politics, economic opportunity, etc. but i absolutely love our natural beauty and history/culture. We are often overlooked and stereotyped but overall there are good people and nice places to visit here especially if your into the outdoors..we have so much natural beauty here. You definitely mostly showed the poverty stricken areas but there are so many beautiful neighborhoods and places in Vicksburg and other cities throughout the state.

[@cheyennecooley6310]

I'm from and have lived in Wisconsin my whole life. I stayed on Mississippi's gulf coast for awhile in 2007, and I couldn't agree more with you. I love it so much there and if I could get my family to move with me, I'd live there forever.

[@gavinculpepper9685]

I love Mississippi, I don't care much for the nitpicking of videos like these

[@CalmApron-nl7lw]

Vicksburg fell on 4th July they still don’t celebrate 4th to that day

[@HelterSkelter117]

Vicksburg HS class of 1993. I used to love that city so much before I moved away. Back then the downtown area was beautiful, the Antebellum homes were stunning, the Civil War park was a fun attraction, and the mall was pretty good for as small as it was. I vividly remember when the city council was voting to bring in the casinos. The proponents said they would be a boom for the struggling economy. Nothing could have been further from the truth. The only people who saw a financial benefit from the casinos were the owners of the casinos. Too many people fell victim to those floating scams and lost their hard earned money. Nothing good came from the casinos. And several historic monuments were even torn down to build parking lots for them. Such a shame.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Excellent comment.

[@deborahwilliams9180]

I must agree to the previous comment. Although, I agree with the comment regarding some Delta towns as well.

[@Valmontst]

Noting ever good comes from having casinos in a city.

[@bch5513]

I think you mis remember downtown. Washington street as a dump in the early 90s.

[@aarondigby5054]

Damn they fell for that gambling will profit the town. Smdh.

[@KatStokes75]

Hi, I've lived in Vicksburg for the last seven years. I don't deny the poverty here but you literally only showed one neighborhood. No, all of Vicksburg does not look like that.

[@jwwalker688]

It gets worse?

[@KatStokes75]

@@jwwalker688 well aren't you cute. No, it doesn't.

[@donnapevey3164]

​@@jwwalker688 No!!

[@cryptofy28]

I agree with you

[@lafredalee4491]

Exactly!! He chose to film the worst part of the city. There are plenty of beautiful places in Vicksburg that could have been shown.

[@royveteto4134]

vicksburg national military park is one of the best things to see anywhere in the usa. i was very impressed by all the monuments honoring the soldiers. these monuments came from the states. i can only imagine with inflation how much they would cost today

[@Sherryrebelfan]

Vicksburg has so much more to offer than you showed in this video. Those old shotgun houses have been there forever. We have beautiful neighborhoods as well. And, not sure why it was surprising that the food was good. We are known for delicious food in the Deep South.

[@84KEYS]

Definitely has nice neighborhoods i lived in OpenWood Plantation for 9 yrs following Hurricane Katrina. my family owns the 3 McDonalds there.

[@TAMMIESMITH5]

Good food and hard-core racism. Those shotgun houses should have been torn down years ago.

[@Sherryrebelfan]

@@TAMMIESMITH5 speak for yourself… and I’m pretty sure of the families living in those homes could move, then they would.

[@roderickbennett3462]

There is a lot more you could have seen, next time get a guide you will learn a lot more about Vicksburg. And @Tammie Smith Really? It's 2023 and you think there is hard core racism, I'm one to tell ya I personally have a lot of friend an family here an most definitely ranges of all eithnic backgrounds and cultures an I can assure you that racism is not included. It's ones like you that keep that kind of reputation or persona stuck to the South! Probably have never even lived anywhere in the South. SMH still stuck on racism, I also don't believe that there is even one human alive that was a slave or apart of that era. Sorry but not sorry, that subject always strikes a nerve with me.!!

[@ajf5823]

My son took me to a restaurant called The Tomato Place and the food was amazing!

[@wheatcandle]

First 1:50 of this video is wonderful! Great music and vibe to start the video. Really enjoyed it!

[@jenifersaldana8274]

Moved from Vicksburg 20 yrs ago and every time I go back to visit family it saddens me. This town hasn't grown a bit. The mall and the outlet mall are ghost towns. The only thing I've seen that deserves mentioning are the few local downtown restaurants. They really stepped their game up and serve amazing food.

[@grwoobie1297]

Agree. I grew up there. It doesn't grow and doesn't get better. I only wish I had left sooner but glad I left 25 years ago.

[@lesliepickett8636]

Jenifer Saldana I went to school with you 😊 weird we meet again many many years later on a strangers page! Leslie Roland, that’s me.

[@aarondigby5054]

I thought he would at least scat across town and tour some of those antebellum mansions even tour one inside, seeing those battlefields just numbs me. They were relegated to eating rats and dogs to survive and leaving their homes and living in caves out in the woods and the seige lasted 6-9mos, not no 12days as stated, then Sherman scorched Atlanta, Savannah, Columbia.

[@aarondigby5054]

​@@lesliepickett8636 can I get in, this would fulfill one of my many fantsaies: messing with two girls at the same time with the same name.

[@stephenhyder4659]

​@@aarondigby5054 War is Hell.

[@TerrionCarter]

Someone who lived in Vicksburg nearly all my life, as of 2021 its not the poorest city in MS; not even the country. It is low income, despite it having multiple casinos.

[@nathanbl7961]

Exactly what I was about to bring up

[@tinat4575]

Facts, born and raise. It is not, you're driving through town at 6am in the morning. That is an opinion. Drive in the country and see the new homes being built and the first ALL black neighborhood from the 1960 still looks good. He needs to go to Laural with that.

[@r.pres.4121]

Those multiple casinos are draining Vicksburg of what little money it has left. Casino gambling is a toxic cancer to any struggling community.

[@TerrionCarter]

@@r.pres.4121 those casinos bring in people from all over the country. Occasionally foreigners. My mom has worked casinos since she was 21, and I worked at one for a few years. Try again.

[@ViceCoin]

No state taxes.

[@Harriet1822]

My sister and I visited Vicksburg and spent hours walking around the Vicksburg Battlefield National Monument, which occupies many acres, with reconstructed artillery emplacements and troop encampments. Historical buildings have been preserved in the city along the waterfront and some new construction has been designed to fit in. The people I met on my visit were very nice. I wish them luck. I guess the Civil War meant more to people who descended from the population that lived through it. With recent immigration, that's not as many as it was fifty years ago. I did not see any reason to dislike the place. Everywhere is nice if you have friends.

[@fahrgast237]

I visited Vicksburg in 2014. Loved it and the Battlefield. The city didn't seem too poor to me. BTW, The city was surrendered on July 4, 1863. The city did not celebrate the 4th for close to 100 years.

[@TXRBL]

I had a GGUncle die during the war in Vicksburg.

[@jeromelapis2053]

Nice video

[@kerrynight3271]

What an interesting comment. I attended school in a small Louisiana town during the late 50s and 60s. We never said the pledge of allegiance, and I suspect it's because the tough, elderly principal was still resentful of the whole "United States" business. In American history, we only learned the southern side of the war.

[@johnnyreb3542]

@@kerrynight3271..So in other words, you learned the true facts..Like, we want your cotton, and we want it cheap, therefore we’ll just outlaw slavery for YOU, but not for ourselves, and fight a war over it! Like those, which are the facts btw..I’m not in any way condoning slavery, but it was just the way of the world back then..The United States wasn’t the first, and definitely wasn’t the last, since slavery does still exist in other parts of the world to this day..

[@JPBevr]

The Civil War park is amazing. I used to to go it and spend a day there. Hiked out into the areas and woods away from the road and found granite or stone memorials describing where where each group of soldiers were located as they fought. Very interesting.

[@ChrisBa02]

i spent my exchange year in vicksburg right when covid first hit and i loved it there, the people were so friendly and the history was so interesting. i can’t wait to go back someday

[@da1stlady984]

I live in Vicksburg now and this video makes me low key angry. The neighborhood shown is very old and sadly occupied mostly by low income families or elderly on fixed incomes. Downtown has a few boutique stores and restaurants. The road is paved with bricks that are restored from time to time for historical purposes. Why not show some of the newer establishments and newer neighborhoods? I would've been happy with some of the older middle class or upper class neighborhoods to show there is some contrast to the rundown dilapidated area shown. It's not all bad, sadly that's how it's often depicted. It'll never be a booming Metropolitan area but it's far from the dismal, neglected city displayed here. Everywhere is what you make it, I just choose to focus on things I can improve instead a very depressing history.

[@barbarapeller]

Da1stLady, are you familiar with the Beulah Cemetery there in Vicksburg? I have been trying to locate someone there and the number listed no one answers. I have a daughter buried there that I gave birth to 45 years ago. I lived in Greenville but was transferred to Khun Memorial Hospital due to complications, my baby died and I almost died with her and was in ICU for many days and when I woke up my husband had already had her buried. I was in denial of her death and never spoke of her again, not until 40 years later and I have been looking for her gravesite every since. Dillon Funeral Home picked up her body but they did not record where she was buried. I would love to know where my child was buried before I leave this world and no, my husband could not go to the cemetery when they buried her, so he has no idea where she is either. Thanks if you can help me.

[@Whoever68]

I’m watching this from Australia. I understand why you would be angry when only the bad areas are shown. Where I live in Sydney, the area I grew up near was predominantly housing commission housing. Most but not all people that lived there were on welfare. However, a lot of people worked and bought their homes. Whenever the area is mentioned, people would get scared that if they travelled there from other parts of Sydney, that they would get attacked. Now you would be lucky if you could buy a house there for less than $500,000. Yet it is still very much a working class area with a lot of welfare and low income families.

[@katherinewallace5244]

@@barbarapeller I live in Vicksburg, born and raised. I can try to find your child. I visit that graveyard frequently.

[@barbarapeller]

@@katherinewallace5244, thanks, so much, anything would help.

[@cryptofy28]

Amen!

[@trutaurus69]

Next time you visit Vicksburg, visit ALL of it. There are areas of Vicksburg that are just beautiful. They're cost of living is very high. I'm from PA. My son has now lived in Vicksburg for 3 years. I visit often. Everything is expensive there. One Walmart that is overpriced and under stocked. No discount grocery stores. One thing you didn't mention were the people. They are the nicest people you'll ever want to meet. There are many interesting places to see. You cannot drive down a couple streets and say, this is Vicksburg. Vicksburg is more than a few streets downtown. The one part you did get correct was how significance Vicksburg was in the Civil War. One historical fact you should mention, it is home to the second largest military cemetery in the US.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

No. I purposely don't visit all places. Most of those places, especially suburbs, are not interesting to KZbin viewers. I visit downtowns and the areas surrounding downtown. That's it. I'm there for the unique building architecture, the street artwork, walkability, is it dirty or clean, are there a lot of homeless. This is what Vicksburg looks like in those areas, like it or not. And for the record, things are more expensive everywhere in the US, not just Vicksburg.

[@trutaurus69]

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Vicksburg had a high cost of living before the inflation as well. I believe we're all aware of costs being overly high everywhere now.

[@theslickestproductions3181]

Cost of living isn't high. You running out.

[@MeadowDay]

Lord Spoda agree, who would want to watch housing areas and Walmarts? I love seeing the unexplored, the unseen, very good!

[@erickwright7058]

They use to have this club called the Blue Room back in the day. Vicksburg was a hot spot to hangout in, clubs and at one point, the mall was on point as well. But as we know, things change in due time.

[@winterfashon111]

Every where has a poor area he should focus on the history.

[@froter1]

I actually spoke to an old black man , that lived in between Jackson and Vicksburg.. he was a small child during the capture of Mississippi .. I was a child myself ..this was 1958 .. my father spoke to him , and he verified what the writings said at the museum. He said the Union troops took everything worth taking .. they took food , crops , animals , equipment , clothes , boots , everything.. The man we spoke to said that it was the worst time in his life .. they had to eat what they could catch , frogs , birds , rats .. whatever .. everything was gone .. They had to fish with sticks and old pieces of string they found .. So , yes ..he was one that knew hard times and didn't really have kind words for the Yanks .. There's many stories that few hear ..not politically correct .. The man we spoke to also said his father was very loyal to his owner.. a man with land .. they stayed with him..and eventually they all did better and times changed over the next few years . The man had always told them they could leave ...and go up north .. they said Mississippi was their home ..and they stayed with him until he died , around the turn of the Century.

[@froter1]

@@myrnawashington9057 I didn't remember him that way at all .. he actually had both my father's and my undivided attention.. he had no reason to be anything , except for what he was .. a very interesting man , with a story , only he could tell.. The man was 102 years old ... And he was recounting his life.. not for gain , politics or any other reason.. one of the most honest conversations I've ever been involved with ..

[@travisadams4470]

@@myrnawashington9057 you are ignorant

[@jimmyday9536]

I am enjoying your videos of the USA! In response to comments I read, I say this......1) the video is titled Vicksburg, a POOR city in the state, not THE poorest city......2) maybe there are mansions in Vicksburg, but that doesn't change poverty statistics, and finally, I myself am from Maryland, which is the RICHEST STATE, and I guarantee you I can show you little towns in western MD that make Vicksburg MS look like Beverly Hills. Rich state, poor state, every state has GOOD areas and BAD areas.

[@jeffwhite8131]

@@Greezemonkey-n6r especially in our state of Mississippi more lies told on this state than any in The Union . We have much more than meets the poor seekers eye.

[@jeffwhite8131]

True

[@truthseeker3249]

@@jeffwhite8131 I played football and ran track in Mississippi. If Mississippi wouldn't try to hold the Blacks back, those neighborhoods he showed might be nice, today. The state should teach about the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) slavery of the Slavic, Eastern European, nations plus America's war with the Barbary Coast concerning white slaves. It ocurred at the same time as American slavery -- that would take the edge off Mississippi's slave culture, in some ways.

[@truthseeker3249]

@@jeffwhite8131 , well they took the land from the Indians and forced them to leave on the trail of tears. That karma could be mitigated by some repentance and positive intervention in Black communities.

[@FordMustangry-wu7mh]

One thing to take in while visiting Vicksburg is Robert E Lee lost at gettysburg on the 3rd of July and Vicksburg fell on July 4th. So thise two defeats paved the way for the Souths defeat.

[@dorianclark6]

I lived in Vicksburg for 4 years I was the chef at Ameristar casino and Diamond Jack casino .Things used to be quite different there years back but due to the economy and a lot of the factories closing Vicksburg went way down but still it's a very beautiful and historic City. I have a lot of great memories there and a few bad ones.

[@carlakinstley2053]

Vicksburg is my hometown , There are some really nice neighborhoods but there are a lot of really bad ones too , The roads are pretty bad in some areas and I agree their is poverty there ,I live in Ocean Springs currently I moved to the coast in 98 I miss Vicksburg so much I'd love to move back :( My Dad and sisters are there , and its not all bad ! Good memories and a lot of good people ! Does seem the worst part of vburg was shown here there are really nice areas

[@nitap77]

This guy needs to get his facts straight. when he showed the "Row" houses did he not notice the vehicles parked at those houses. Some people prefer to live in a shack and drive a 40,000 vehicle and they have that right. Our streets do need a lot of work as well as the water, gas, and sewer infrastructure needs to be totally reworked. Our city government would rather spend the money on sports complexes and their own raises... we could be the most prosperous if the city leaders concentrated more on industry and less on tourism.

[@tinat4575]

You tell him. Waterways and a national park, casinos and mall (small but still a mall). New homes in the country.

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

Yup some folks definitely have that right

[@jointheirwjesuschrist298]

Amen!!! Amen!!! Amennnnnn!!! Rightfully soooooo...the Holy God knows all about it...ALLLLLLLL!!! A RELIABLE VEHICLE CAN GET ONE TO THE GROCERY STORE, DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS, THE GAS STATION BETTER THAN A RAGGEDY SHACK NOT ON WHEELS WITHOUT A MOTOR TO DRIVE IT EVERYTIME!!! AMEN!!! THE POOR SHALL NEVER CEASE OUT OF THE LAND... NEVERRRRRRR...PER THE HOLY GOD UNTO WHOM ALL SOULS BELONG...FOR THE EARTH IS HISSSSSS AND THE FULLLLLL...NESS HEREIN!!! AMEN!!! FOR RICHES SURELY DO MAKE I THEMSELVES WINGS AND FLY AWAY!!! AMEN!!! MANY SHALL ONE DAY APPRECIATE THOSE SHACKS...EVEN SO LORD JESUS COME ON THROUGH LORD, COME ON THROUGH NOWWWWWW...

[@seanvales391]

Red state government. Selecting winners and losers. Confederate corruption

[@wheatcandle]

Still my favorite intro music out of all your videos. Keep up the great content Joe and Nic! And long live beautiful Vicksburg!

[@twentypdrparrott694]

The Missouri Monument built in 1917, the pink granite blocks were brought to the site on the first heavy truck in Vicksburg. The truck was ca 1910 Federal with wood spoked rubber-tired wheels, carbide headlights, chain drive. The driver and mechanic was Leon Quin Hoxie, Sr. He was my grandfather. He worked for the Henry Schlottman Moving and Storage Company.

[@christy6599]

We are distant cousins. Watched this video as I’ve been thinking of visiting Vicksburg. Came across your comment. William Hoxie (Charles’ father) is my great great grandfather.

[@MeadowDay]

This was really fascinating, and all the history just amazing to hear about. Hard to understand why more Americans don’t want to visit these sites and actually see these battlefields. Thank you.

[@hectorvega621]

Not enough money to go. Also stricter vacation times from job's with no paid time.

[@billwilson3609]

I think they found that gunboat in the Yazoo River. Grant used gunboats to shield troop and supply ships that were lashed along side during runs past Vicksburg's defensive cannons high on the bluffs. Sherman was east of the city preventing supplies from reaching the garrison and civilians with Grant making life miserable for both by using indirect artillery fire fired at random thru out the city at all hours of the day. He sent in solid shot cannon balls that bounced off streets and yards into homes and buildings with many crashing thru their roofs. That forced the terrified residents to dig caves into the hillsides to live in. The hills are soft loess soil so contained a lot of moisture and the dug caves required roof supports to prevent collapse. They were down to eating rats and dogs when civic leaders made Pemberton surrender so they could return to their homes.

[@Exnay777]

The Civil War has always fascinated me and whenever I have the chance to see a battleground and burial sites I go. Vicksburg has been, by far, the best that I have visited. I went there from Texas in 2019 and I couldn't get over the sheer size involved and the number of sites of individual battles. This grand area gives some perspective to the size and duration of the siege of Vicksburg and for the people back then to keep the area intact is a marvel to their foresight to its significance! This video brought my visit back like it was yesterday...thank you!

[@johnkohler8217]

The military park is amazing. It is a true outdoor battlefield museum. After the war was over, several veterans from both armys toured the battlefield with historians to show EXACT spots of cannons, trenches, camps, and fortification lines making it one of the best marked battlefields in the world.

[@tdenise41]

F that park my great x 3 granddad died there fighting. There is blood and evil s there...

[@tylerwightman2315]

Nice video and very true about Vicksburg. I recently moved to Brandon Mississippi from Salt Lake City Utah. My family thought I was bat shit crazy but I'll tell you I love it here and ive never done better. Great paying job, nice house on an acre lot just off a beautiful golf course. Yes there are lots of towns with poverty but there are also very nice towns too. Madison just north of jackson is one of the nicest "fanciest" cities I've ever seen. Brandon where I live is also very nice. Roads are all in perfect shape, new housing developments and shopping centers going up everywhere, not a lick of trash to be found on the streets and very well manicured yards and houses. Crime is practically non existent where i live. I'm about 25 min. From downtown jackson. I'll say tho that once you cross the pearl River and enter the confines of jackson it feels like you just entered a totally different universe. Very sad what the local leadership has done to some of our cities

[@alexandergreeley-mcalliste2205]

Well when The Prejudiced Governor and Republican leadership won't help Jack with Their Water Crisis What Do You Expect? You Live In A"Gated Community" Right? Thought So.

[@tylerwightman2315]

@@alexandergreeley-mcalliste2205 Um, the governor had to step in just a month or 2 ago cause they can't get it right themselves. Also the governor wanted to hire a private firm to help run their water plants but mayor chockwe thought they could do better finding somebody so reeves discontinued his emergency declaration since chockwe insists they can do it themselves. You live under a rock or something? Alot of this has been on national news

[@mossimo7111]

He said he don’t want to show that side, but I stayed in Vicksburg & to me it was the low crime & food.. & also nice people!

[@tylerwightman2315]

@@mossimo7111 man, you ain't kidding. Some of the friendliest folks I've ever met

[@tylerwightman2315]

@alexandergreeley-mcalliste2205 and no I don't live in a "gated community"

[@BobTheSchipperke]

I went through Vicksburg one year ago. It left an impression. I travel in summers just to see such towns.

[@ricfax]

You might not be aware there were black slave owners and some black owned plantations. One black owned plantation has been preserved near Natchitoches, LA. It's said that the wife of notorious segregationist Mississippi governor Ross Barnett upon touring the plantation saw a large painting of a black woman and commented as to how much the owner must have thought of their slaves. When told the woman in the painting was the owner, Mrs. Barnett was quite taken aback.

[@ettipurselane6708]

It's so disappointing when people from elsewhere try to deny the reality that there was an interconnected system where they were all dependent on each other. They don't understand the Cajun navy either.

[@seanvales391]

CAUCASIAN RACE THEORY

[@ricfax]

@@seanvales391 : 👈 Reduced to shitposting across various threads for lack of a sound argument based on evidence and logic. Always good for a laugh as they self-identify. 😅

[@aarondigby5054]

The few and I mean very few, a minuscule microscopic amount of blacks owned slaves and plantations, like .005% owned plantations and slaves. GTFOH

[@ricfax]

@@aarondigby5054 : About the same percentage of whites who owned plantations and slaves?

[@JamesSavik]

I lived in Vicksburg in the late eighties, pre-casinos, as a co-op student working at Waterways Experiment Station. I rented a house just off Washington St that was a steep hill down toward the river. It turned out to be a haven for skateboarders. It was a great time, and I regretted it when I finished up and had to move.

[@mossimo7111]

I live there also, I hate when people make videos like this to make money & don’t show the whole side. I remember it being nice or course it’s slow it’s a small town in the south but went years without murders & people was nice & oh my GD the Food…..

[@msmart2u2]

Did you know that Coke was first bottled in Vicksburg? I was born in Vicksburg. And like most places in the US, it has declined with time. It's depressing to see how a nation has made a U-turn in its growth path. It seems our leaders have only been loyal to themselves and not to the people or the memory of a once-thriving nation.

[@dopeMike_]

been loyal to other countries and banks

[@Markus_Andrew]

Can't imagine the noise there must have been on board one of those Civil War ironclads, especially during battle. It must have been horrendous. If you've ever heard a vintage cannon being fired from close by, imagine being cooped up inside a metal shell with a bunch of them when they're going off, and all the while you're right next to a big chugging steam engine. I'm willing to bet anyone who served on those would have been plagued with severe hearing problems later in life.

[@heatherfulmore3412]

I can imagine the noise.

[@heatherfulmore3412]

I can imagine the noise.

[@danamatthews5099]

I love the Illinois Monument. I imagine I've been thru the park at least 25 times. I enjoyed every time! I do have to admit that sometimes I did not feel alone, really!

[@MegaFlipWilson]

I’m curious what their criteria was … there are towns poorer than Vicksburg. Greenwood: average household income $27,000, poverty rate 37%. Greenville: $27,000, 37% Natchez: $26,000, 35% Yazoo City: $25,000 45% Vicksburg: $32,000 31%

[@glvera749]

Thanks for enlightening us

[@petsnaturetv1690]

Corrupt politicians in Jackson. Taxes only applies to Jackson area I guess

[@bettyparrish6297]

How can they sell homes for 300 thousand dollars here with average incomes so low.

[@da1stlady984]

Damn "dirt poor" tell us how you really feel

[@aarondigby5054]

​@@bettyparrish6297 the richer implants from Texas, California, Illinois,Arizona, Nevada it's a trend. A slimmer amount are those that left decades ago, made their nest eggs are successful in this new global economy and setting their ascendant up in a slower safer environment with a much smaller tax base.

[@grwoobie1297]

Engineers pay scale at US Army District Corps of Engineers has always kept Vicksburg from being the poorest. So he needs to take a look at the Delta and even Natchez.

[@terrylee9231]

Been to Yazoo City lately?

[@rodneybarksdale4357]

nah I'm thinking Jonestown ms..or belen ms or marks ms or crowder ms

[@grwoobie1297]

@@terrylee9231 no

[@sapphirestone8672]

Who else live in Mississippi and still watching

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

1995, I was in Vicksburg for one night, while on tour with the US Marine Band. This battlefield was just across the road from our motel, and I took a long walk through. Having watched all of Ken Burns' Civil War a ew years earlier, I knew about this battle. I thought it a very interesting visit, and I'm rather surprised at how poor the city is.

[@billc226]

My great great grandfather Samuel McDade was in Vicksburg during the siege as part of the 51st Pennsylvania Volunteers. He rests in the Philadelphia National Cemetery. His daughter (who was my great grandmother), Sarah Rebecca McDade Frey, born 1869, lived with our family in the early 1950s and I knew her well. Seeming not all that long ago when you think in these terms. Enjoyed this Joe and Nic video and extend best wishes to all modern-day Vicksburg residents with whom we share a remarkable history.

[@83chared]

I lived in Vicksburg all of my life, for 57 years, it's not how poor or bad a city is, it's what's needs to be done! The people of Vicksburg, needs to demand more from it official and decision makers. One reason Vicksburg is so poor, is because the only things the Mayor and alderman focus on is civil war tourism and casinos, many people doesn't visit Vicksburg, because of it past civil war history. Who want to tour slavery sites? There's got to be better things to bring to Vicksburg, than civil war tourists. My house was right behind the military park, and we walked that entire park as children, we experienced so much racism, from the park rangers, it's pathetic! The park rangers harassed us just by walking in that park. When they first brought that battlefield boat that they built from the original boat, we was right there. We lived on given hill, the military park bought all of that land, and it's got a closed gate.

[@davec8730]

slavery sites my ass, do you think atlanta suffers just the same? nashville, savannah, charleston, charlotte ALL suffering from being slavery sites, give up with the crap.

[@froter1]

Vicksburg used to have an old narrow bridge , that crossed the Mississippi River .. it was so skinny , trucks had to wait to cross going each direction ..they had a shack at each end and closed one side to only East or Westbound traffic .. The roadbed was grooved and made a racket while Crossing.. it was quite an adventure for a kid , from Fort Worth , going to Jackson

[@BexnRN]

It was also an adventure as a 15yo driving to the town of Delta LA for…snacks :)

[@gregjames8458]

@@BexnRNahh, those snacks sure were great!

[@josebrito4694]

Good night ! My mame is José A.Brito, i live in Itu near São Paulo/ Brasil. I study American Civil War, i've been in many places from Charleston/SC to Richmond and of course Washington/DC. I intend to visit Vicksburg one day. Here in São Paulo state, there is a city named" Americana" founded by Confederate Generals who fleed to Brasil. They were supported by Brazilian Emperor Dom Pedro II.

[@sainttimothy2230]

You're correct

[@aarondigby5054]

You gotta visit Vicksburg if you wanna get that civil war vibe.

[@shylal4896]

We visited Vicksburg this past March. It's a lovely historical town. Would recommend a bed and breakfast. We stayed at the Baer house. Wished we would have stayed longer than 1 night. Ate at the ten south rooftop bar and grill. And rode our bikes through the battlefield. I'm sorry you're experience wasnt so good but it helps if you do accurate reasearch. You can start by reading Thomas Sowell's book called Black Rednecks and White Liberals.

[@glen7137]

I was born in Vicksburg and I live in Alabama Vicksburg is a beautiful house

[@cecarblanco9933]

Did he say that his visit was not good?

[@zeroturn7091]

Eww you just had to bring politics into it

[@seanvales391]

Red state blight.

[@williamwilson6499]

“Went down around Vicksburg Around Louisiana way Where lived the Cajun Lady Aboard the Mississippi Queen You know she was a dancer She moved better on wine”

[@random2829]

I can remember crossing over the "Old Bridge" (the old Mississippi River bridge into Louisiana). Crossing with an 18-wheeler coming from the opposite direction was always "interesting". 😀

[@erickwright7058]

Back in the 90's, Vicksburg was one the hottest and fun cities to visit and hang out in. They had a spot called the bottom. Which had some of the best hole in the wall clubs. One of the clubs was ran by a guy name Mickie. I'm pretty sure he's passed away by now. I really enjoyed hanging out over there. I met a Beautiful young lady back then who went by the name Honey. Nothing but good memories in Vicksburg.

[@maryannwaters339]

Was that, Honey Hornay, from "Wayne's World?"🤭🤭🤣

[@stevewheatley243]

Did Honey taste like honey?🤔😂

[@erickwright7058]

Mary Ann and Steve, I hope you 2 goofy wannabe comedians keep your day jobs. That's if you two have one. Because funny is not your thing.

[@stevewheatley243]

@@erickwright7058 Where's your sense of humor? Leave it in Vicksburg?🤣

[@erickwright7058]

Steve you are right. Hahaha😁😁😁

[@johnburugu8967]

He's right infrastructure in Mississippi Alabama and Louisiana are in pretty bad state especially the overpasses they're super bumpy sometimes it leaves you wondering whether they have any leaders left to guard them through

[@elcajoia619]

Regardless of Vicksburg, this particular part of American History chilled me to the bone, I've been everywhere, this place of all places that you can visit in America is second to none, this is American History, you can feel it if you ever find yourself there, very freaky and real for sure.

[@douglasharlos4113]

The Illinois memorial never gets wet on the inside even during a severe rainstorm for the way it is built the updraft keeps the rain out

[@jimmyjoseph51]

Super video LS..... anything to do with the Civil War is always very interesting. Really sad, however, to see towns like Vicksburg slowly crumble and fade away..... a sign of the times I guess. Looking forward to more great videos!

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Thanks, Jimmy! Thank you for watching, and I enjoy reading your comments. :)

[@aarondigby5054]

It's a given if you want to see a civil war battlefield=Vicksburg, I've been knowing that for 50yrs, if they show pictures in books about Vicksburg they always show the battlefield.

[@stephenhyder4659]

This is comparable to your. video on Annapolis, MD. Both are very historical. Thank you so much. I am from Upper East Tennessee and spent time in Mississippi, three years in law school and five working. It was a culture shock for me. I did go to court once in the courthouse which is ow the museum. Many Mississippians are still fighting the Civil War in their arguments and contentions, with an underlying dissonance, which was troubling to me. But, at the end of things, I moved to Dallas which I thoroughly enjoyed for over five years before returning to East Tennessee. I have been following your road trips since before you renamed it. I doubt if I will ever return to Mississippi.

[@ndskreet]

Go to MOST small Delta areas with no stores, police, or even buildings. Vicksburg is a thriving area which is NOT EVEN close to the poorest city in Mississippi. Awful perspective with little to NO research! Pitiful.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Hmm. Okay, here's some research: Vicksburg's poverty rate is 32.4% - the US average is 11.4% Vicksburg's median household income is $32,072 - the US average is $67,521. Vicksburg's average income is less than half the national average. Vicksburg's violent crime rate is 407 per 100,000. The US average is 178 per 100,000. The USA Today article that named Vicksburg the poorest in Mississippi used an average of metrics which included property damage, the cost to victims, the city's cost of living and the overall cost of policing the dangerous areas. These are not the stats of a "thriving" city. Vicksburg is full of abandoned buildings and disintegrating houses. Hate to break it to you, but that's not the norm in most cities. You want to keep your head deep in the sand and not face reality, knock yourself out, but the facts are this - Vicksburg is a high crime city in which 1 out of 3 people live in poverty.

[@larrymann803]

@courtney So he misspelled one word you discount all the facts he said. You wonder why Mississippi has the reputation it does…? Having low education/healthcare/wages isn’t something to brag about. Like all places I’m sure there’s good people there.

[@Americca_Is_Doomed]

@@courtneymayfield3380 i live near it and he's 100% correct.........while your pride might not let you see it, it's true.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

@@Greezemonkey-n6r I have been to 48 states and 95 cities, in answer to your question. And that includes Kentucky, which is ranked 6th iin poverty.

[@16youngblue]

Exactly he didn’t research at all. You have places like Utica, Clarksdale, etc that barley have business in the town. Just going to skip the 4 casinos we have in Vicksburg 🤣. How they stay open in a town full of poor people 😂.

[@raffa7724]

I really like the sites you filmed, very interesting. The buildings were beautiful. What stories of those walls could hold. Thanks 👍

[@TheBluesmanBlue]

Thanks to you and your loving wife for visiting Vicksburg Mississippi history and these stories need to be told regardless how people may feel about it so thank you all once again you did a very good job as a tour guide

[@Mad1Mike]

We were there in March of this year off a river boat of American Cruse line. My first time on the Mississippi. Fantastic trip.

[@donnajanuchowski7727]

You left out some amazing things in Vicksburg. The homes from the civil war. There are many wonderful neighborhoods. I lived there for 21 years and I taught school at Bowmar. You did not give the city a chance. Yes, there is poverty and run down neighborhoods but that is only a part. I wish you would show a better side of the towns you visit.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

This is a city downtown exploration channel. That's the only areas I visit. In most cities, it doesn't look bad like it does in Vicksburg. This should be the best area of Vicksburg, not the worst.

[@tannerwoodson390]

@@JoeandNicsRoadTripyou showed like 2 streets downtown. There are beautiful homes and restaurants downtown that you didn’t show. You are very dishonest in your defense of your portrayal of this town. I can tell from the different locations you showed that you drove by the nicer places. You just chose not to show them. I won’t be watching anymore videos on your channel because you are obviously dishonest.

[@mwyatt222]

l went to Hannibal Missouri l believe it was as a young kid in the early 70s. The Tom Sawyer movie had just come out. The entire little town was an homage to the story. l love the Mississippi river because of Twain's Huckleberry Finn as well and begged my parents to drive me there. And the saddest part of the civil war is the realization that a region of our country attacked the union to keep what they saw as their 'god-given' right to hold a race of human beings as slaves. lf you go to any gun show in the south now you could make the case these same people are arming up again. Truly sad.

[@thomasjbeasley3290]

Well bless your heart. You are welcome back anytime to spend your money in our great city. Now do any other river city and see if there aren't similar problems. There are people trying to make it nice but the tax base size and lack of motivation by some prevent progress.

[@Birdlives247]

I really liked Vicksburg when I live there between 1987 and 2008. I interacted with people from all over the city, being a piano tuner. There are alot of nice people in every neighborhood. I drove a school bus for two years. The black-and-white thing finally got to me. The kids are out-of-control too.

[@Cryptic10277]

Next time you plan on coming through you should check out West Point Mississippi and Starkville if you haven’t been. There is beauty in both

[@Ajas0810]

Way down around Vicksburg Round the Louisiana way Lived a Cajun lady We called her Mississippi queen

[@keyup2626]

I love civil war history it had have been so barbaric, the musket ball and mini ball slow moving didn’t always kill right away. I’ve been to Gettysburg and if you haven’t made it there I sure hope you do. 50,000 Canadians fought in the civil war, most for the Union. I’ve read about Vicksburg what a hellish siege it had have been,. Super video really loved it.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

I love civil war history as well, key, which is why I wanted to visit Vicksburg. A lot happened there. For sure, we’ll be going to Gettysburg, most likely in March.

[@johngreen3543]

Many times soldiers died from sepsis caused by the infection in their wound. Today doctors can stop that from happening with antibiotics.

[@fahrgast237]

Happy Canada Day

[@terrellprice6627]

I was born, raised and educated in Vicksburg. I have lived in NC for 40 years and visit Vicksburg once or twice a year to see family and friends. When I was young I used to visit the National Military Park and the caves dug into the hills near my house on City Cementry Road. The geography is extraordinarily interesting particularly from a military view. Vicksburg was an interesting place to grow up. The available websites featuring Vicksburg makes reminiscing an easy task. Most people who were educated in Vicksburg were not non compos mentis.

[@crystaldallavalle6978]

So throughout the whole video, I saw nary a person walking (some driving), no stray animals, birds. Weird!

[@VictoriaN72]

Thank you . This is one of the best video tours ever. Excellent .

[@josiel152]

The historic area of Vicksburg is nice and the Siege of Vicksburg battlefield National monument or park thats about it in my opinion. I enjoyed the Coca Cola building where the drink was founded

[@MissRobbiOKC]

Thank you for the history lesson. I have not been to Vicksburg and it's been quite a number of years since my college history classes. I love the South. My family came to the shores of Virginia and North Carolina from Ireland and Scotland. They built homes throughout the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and finally Arkansas. In 1961, I was baptized in the Presbyterian church that was built in part by my great-grandfather in Havana, AR in the late 1800s. It's sad to see so much poverty in the South. However, by comparison, look at Detroit and many other Northern cities. Anyway, thank you for your videos. This is the first one I've seen....I look forward to viewing more. Oh....also I love the Mississippi River, too! I love seeing the big bridges, also!

[@bar5721]

If you look at the housing market in Warren county which the only city in Warren is Vicksburg. You will see the housing market is high. Most new homes are $300,000 plus. It’s not the poorest city in the state. In fact it’s not even in the top ten by google search. Maybe it’s a demographics of over 30,000 people or something. But to me Jackson would be in ahead of Vicksburg. Lots of abandoned houses. Most of Jackson is surrounded by better city’s.

[@r.pres.4121]

Vicksburg itself is very poor it is the surrounding county with the new houses although I don’t know where people in impoverished Mississippi are getting the money for $300,000+ houses.

[@bar5721]

@@r.pres.4121 look in subdivisions like Littewood, Turning Leaf, which is two miles outside city limits. Openwood, fairways, Bovina community has some nice housing as well. It’s all part of Vicksburg. Redwood and eagle lake.

[@mikewayde3065]

Great video. This is great history for all. Bless you my brotha 🤜🏾🤛

[@passionatequeen6125]

The population of Vicksburg is decreasing due to the lack of employment opportunities that this current mayor said he was going to bring jobs to the city. He has given himself raises and not put the energy or effort into growing this sad city! Everyone knows who bought the casinos to Warren County and it wasn't you know who! The only time I like being in Vicksburg is during football season. Any other time, I am traveling! Over 50 percent of my high school class has left this state and I don't blame them! The only reason why I stay here is because of my immediate family members. When and if I live to see retirement, I am leaving this state as well!

[@hollowell427]

I pretty much grew up there. My family owns property about 150yds from that Union battery. I played there when i was a child. I moved to Ruston La. in 1998. I was there about 2 weeks ago visiting my mom. Its really sad Vicksburg is a shadow of its former self in the 80's and mid 90's.

[@patcoyle6645]

Awesome video, I love civil war history, I didn’t realize Vicksburg fell the day after Gettysburg. The pancakes looked good.

[@aarondigby5054]

I always thought Gettysburg fell a year or two before Vicksburg.

[@susanbobo5098]

Shotgun houses! The small long ones- grandpa said they called shotgun houses bc you can stand at front door- shoot straight through the back

[@ezackthomas5015]

I was born and raised in Vicksburg Mississippi. At the time Vicksburg had 26,000 people, the schools were all filled to the hilt, 95% of all black kids graduating from Temple high School and from St Mary's high School went on to college. I see the sad state that it's in right now but it wasn't caused by the people who lived there, it was caused by the people who left and by the people who didn't give a damn about the people who couldn't leaver at all, so why we can criticize how poor the town is, but blame a lot of that on state officials, blame a lot of that on City officials, but don't blame as much of that on the people. I'll be going to Vicksburg in November to visit... I might stay for awhile ... The heart of the people make the town, not the physical condition of their home.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

It's a damn shame, because Vicksburg's place in history is among the best in the country.

[@techguy3373]

I spend a couple nights at a beautiful hotel in downtown Vicksburg. I thought it was a fantastic historical city. Very clean and well maintained.

[@mossimo7111]

I live there for a while, nice people good food low crime he show a couple of bad streets a say it’s bad got me wonder about his other Videos….

[@Michael-du2fv]

"They just don't spend money on roads" What Money? If your cities population is so poor, your city's local government is also poor. No people with money to spend means no business can make money, no business no employers, no employees making money to spend.

[@ajf5823]

My son was in Americorps and lived in Vicksburg on “Confederate Avenue”. It was quite an eye opener for a Yankee! I went to visit him but it was a quick visit and l didn’t get to see much but the neighborhood he lived in was quite nice

[@shaunjapatrick9426]

Explain how Vicksburg could be the poorest state and we have 4 casinos. This video is cap. Wherever you got your info from is highly misleading. The corps, waterways, IP, golding barge & ergon are other multi million dollar companies that are top employers here along with the casinos. I know 2 millionaires in Vicksburg. The 2 public high schools are 5 & 6 A schools.

[@jwwalker688]

First of all, Vicksburg isn't a state.

[@glen7137]

@@jwwalker688 umm ok he made a mistake so what?

[@MarisolNuckols]

I just moved to Vicksburg from Chicago two months ago. We bought a big house in Vicksburg which was cheaper than the house we own in Chicago. We love Vicksburg because of the climate, its natural beauty and the people. Chicago is a fast-paced city and very crowded. Once you reach certain age all you want is peace and quiet.

[@stanleyshannon4408]

Invading a state and destroying its economy than actively suppressing that economy for generations afterwards might have something to do with the poverty.

[@redpine8665]

Are you talking about Grant? 🤣 Vicksburg had an enormous period of prosperity long after that. Nice try though blaming current conditions on a seige for a couple of months in the 1860's! Good God.

[@crazychase98]

That whole slave thing is quite accurate with slaves taking hold of plantations instead of the guys who own it. And free blacks fighting for the South. The first recorded guy to set up slavery as legal had a supreme court cases where they state slaves where legal. Was actual a black guy who owned slaves

[@Billy420-69]

I live in Mississippi and the democrat controlled cites have the worst roads and the highest taxes. Meridian and Jackson have settlements with the EPA because they havent build enough waste water treatment and they got caught dumping sewage into creeks.

[@katherineg9396]

I just saw my first pancake machine in Austin Texas, it was not out where the guests could use, staff ran it. A great idea!

[@coletrickle581]

The road issue in Vicksburg, Jackson and eastern Louisiana is mainly contributed to a geologic formation called Yazoo clay, which comes from the Yahoo river basin. It cracks, shifts and makes road maintenance an issue over short periods of time. Once resurfacing is done, roads need to be rehabilitated within 2 to 4 years because of moisture deteriorating the soil. If you live where there's a rocky soil, roads last for years and years.

[@aarondigby5054]

I live in the Piedmont Carolinas and the roads last for decades, I know a few that haven't been paved but one time and that was in the sixties, smdh. There hard and solid gravel.

[@coletrickle581]

@Aaron Digby I lived in Raleigh once. The roads were great.

[@BexnRN]

My dad’s peeps got there in 1853 from Mecklenberg Germany. My grandfather built a business with his partner, Mr Childs, and my father ran it for decades. I went to high school across from their shop, so no sneaking off campus to skip school 😂 I loved growing up there.

[@deirdre108]

Vicksburg Battlefield is great to visit. You are wrong however by stating the battle was "toward the end" of the Civil War. Actually there were almost two years left with a lot of fighting and dying. It was a turning point however, in that the Mississippi River was now under complete Federal control again. The battle is also know for cementing US Grant's reputation as a fighting general and soon after the battle Lincoln summoned him back to the Eastern Theater where he spent the rest of the war fighting Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.

[@davec8730]

HEAR, HEAR!.

[@derricklangford4725]

Dude going back and forth with the people in the comment section about the rank of their city is hilarious 😂, all in all I think he portrayed it in a respectable light, I think it was an excellent video and I would love to visit Vick town one of these days, ✌🏾 from Chicago.

[@rumbledumpthumpershaker6735]

Thing is, it's easy to google.

[@lindabrown0]

Folks are taking everything personally. Maybe they feel ashamed and embarrassed by reality..........

[@nneo100]

I remember Vicksburg back in the late nineties and it was beautiful then. I remember it very fondly! The mall is closed that was next to a bed and breakfast?! So sad...so very sad 😔

[@kantbtamed1032]

Hope those beautiful buildings get some love

[@papermaker6941]

They are owned by the city getting ready to be torn down and rebuilt.

[@winki51z]

I wasn't too sure about You content on the videos at first; but I really enjoy seeing them now. You, showing some of the neglected area of our country; may in fact show some light on these areas and get them some help. The politicians in Washington, in this administration, are trying and succeeding in putting all of the money in larger cities. Essentially, their voting block. Rural America needs help. I especially liked this video highlighting Vicksburg. You and you wife are doing a great service to all Americans.

[@skadforlife3817]

Absolutely loved this video, the history was incredible, from the national military park, the battlefield ,USS Cario , the graves and the courthouse. All the history and your knowledge brought it all to life , excellent, kind regards from the Scottish highlander ✊🏻❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@robertjones6971]

His knowledge was inaccurate. Everything in that museum was true and accurate. It's hard for an outsider to understand that the south was and still is right. Hence, Washington and the state of affairs in this day and age.

[@yumii.2123]

Thanks for sharing the history of my region!!

[@jeffwhite8131]

No states spend money on roads much anymore !@ truck driver here I can tell you first hand

[@dmw4914]

The state of MS - the heart of the confederacy and it never really moved on.

[@tetekofa]

Did you go to the Windsor Castle ruins? Its the largest plantation house ever built in the United States. It was used by the Union Troops during the siege, it burned down in 1890 from a carpenter who threw his cigar in the waste basket and it caught on fire...sad. Just outside of Vicksburg.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

We didn’t. We only had one day, so we ran out of time. Will definitely be going there the next time through.

[@MegaFlipWilson]

It wasn't used during the siege. Federal troops marched past Windsor Plantation on April 30th, 1863 en route to Port Gibson. Doing so marked an important milestone in the campaign: Grant had managed to push across the river and move his troops atop the 200 foot tall bluffs without opposition. With a bridgehead established, he was free to pursue battle with the Confederate force in the area. Some of the troops camped on the grounds that first day, but Windsor's role in the campaign would be very brief because of the speed at which Grant moved forward: Battle of Port Gibson May 1st, Bayou Pierre Crossed May 2nd. Grand Gulf abandoned May 3rd. Confederates chased across Big Black River May 3rd. Battle of Raymond, May 12th. Railroad interdicted, May 13th. In 13 days Grant had moved three armies corps over a hundred miles and cut Vicksburg off from reinforcements / resupply.

[@tanelise4673]

I'm told my relatives were enslaved at Windsor Ruins

[@MegaFlipWilson]

@@tanelise4673 not after April 30, 1863. That would have been the day they were freed by Grant's army.