Show Standard-Examin- Sunday November 27 1983 er HorizonsTravel 7 Vicksburg military park reverberates with history 2 abov e We’ve come to scan the heights and the Vicksburg National Military Park in this 125th anniversary year of the siege of V icksburg There is a magic that can come from sTently almost reverently steeping oneself in the echoes of a histone struggle A man has told us to take the first exit off Interstate 20 and turn back on the blacktop road In dry season he said you can drive on the levee “It's guv mint I 2 -- 2 I 1229 property" W'e drive on beside a railroad bed through dusty fields of cotton and soybeans until we come to a sign that says “Welcome to Delta La — God Bless America And Please Hurry” Beyond the village of flat houses and house trailers the road turns to gravel and does indeed run on down to the levee And there at last is Vicksburg From this distance it appears as it must have from the Union gunboats its roof line still topped by the bell tower of the Old Court House The whole town sits 200 feet above the river Place a few cannon up there and you could dominate the Missis- ck sippi for miles Which the Confederates did From the day war began in April 1861 capturing the Mississippi River had been the North’s first objective It was part of the Anaconda Plan to split the Confederacy and strangle both halves Union armies would control both banks from Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico the Union navies would blockade Southern ports on the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean The strongest fortified point on the river was Vicksburg “Vicksburg is the key” Lincoln had said “The war can never be brought to a close until that key is in our pocket” TtAVll Since 1977 NEWGATE 621-007- sure The monuments and statues here are more plentiful and more grandiose than at any other Civil W'ar battlefield but Gettysburg Each state each corps each division each regiment has made sure it will be remembered As the auto tour brought us in view of the Yazoo Canal we encountered an odd sight — an ironclad gunboat perched way up on a grassy hill It is the USS Cairo which was sunk in the river on Dec 12 1862 the first victim ever of an underwater mine The Cairo (pronounced KAY-rolike the town m Illinois) lay on the nver bottom under tons of silt until it was discovered in 1956 It was raised in pieces m the 1960s Only since 1984 has the restoration been substantially completed Now the Cairo is situated under a protective pavilion its 13 black cannons bristling MALL Round Trip Airfare 8 HOURS: than the trenches of World W'ar Anyone who poked his head above ground risked losing it for VICKSBURG Miss — The broad Mississippi River is supposed to be brown but it looks Bahamian blue as we speed across the bridge bound for the Louisiana shoreline There must be a way to get down on the bank and look back up at the heights of Vicksburg I've wanted to do this since I first read about the great naval battles of the Civil War when ironclad Union gunboats dueled with Confederate cannons on the hills from SKYWAYS IO- - on the river had fallen — when Memphis and New Orleans were m Union hands — it was Vicksburg that still held out And then a new Union commander entered the scene He was the hero of Fort Donelson the victor at ShiHis name was Ulysses S Grant Grant finally succeeded in capturing Vicksburg on July 4 1863 a date that has been called the bleakest of the Confederacy Not only was this the day Vicksburg fell after 46 days of siege but it also was the day Gen Robert E Lee’s army retreated from Gettysburg If Grant is remembered as the Union hero of the Civil W'ar it is here that he earned the respect of military historians His later battles in Virginia against Lee though ultimately successful are loh less well-regard- Grant’s Vicksburg campaign was a classic of speed power and flexibility of mind — Napoleonic in its brilliance It is studied yet in military schools all over the world The park preserves the site of the last stage of Grant's campaign — the siege A tour takes the visitor along both the Union and Confederate lines The cost is $3 per vehicle At evening the fields and trees come alive with the sounds of woodpeckers and bobwhites The brass barrels of old guns now green with age hide many a bird's nest Among our impressions of the park was just how close the battle lines were They are much closer 1 ile from its sides Nearby is the national ceme- tery Here on this verdant landscape where dried magnolia leaves crunch underfoot are the graves of 17000 Union soldiers It is the largest Civil W'ar cemetery in the country decorated with 17000 tiny American flags You need not be a Civil War buff certainly not an admirer of warfare to be struck dumb with awe and respect W'e moved on to the climax — the place on the map marked as the “surrender interview site” Here between the opposing lines on July 3 1863 Grant met the Confederate commander Gen John C Pemberton to discuss terms for the surrender of the city on the following day If you are planning a Vicksburg vacation you will find Southern hospitality at either the Vicksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau off Inter(Clay Street at Exit state 20) or the State Welcome Center (Washington Street at Highway 80 bridge) A convention bureau brochure to obtain one) (call 4--B m pk total ffca Saturday Flights 4 Ore ee the teach tit rawed lulled trip air ee lelte Air Non-Sto- p lie treed trip troeifer hetweee eirpert 4 daps hrtrl eiceeHnedetiees daily hraakfast PUERT0 VALLARTAfree POLYNESIAN CULTURAL CENTER reed-triair fare treat felt Laka 3 sightjS days betel eneetetedotiaas reeed-tri- p treeifers baggage bee dlieg eed tests p ADMISSION! 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