4-7-14 See pictures below


Woke up to clouds but no rain.  We started out at old downtown to look at old homes built in the 1800's.  One house was used to hold a ball for George Washington.  One of the homes we wanted to view is said to have a cannon ball stuck in the wall from the Civil War, but the house was not open to the public today.  We then an old train station that was filled with models of iron clad boats from the Battle of Vicksburg and models of paddles wheelers.   The museum showed a film of the Battle of Vicksburg and what the people endured for 46 days of battle. 


We then drove to the Vicksburg Memorial Cemetery and where the battle of Vicksburg took place.  It was such a surreal feeling to stand on the same land where a war took place.   We also got to see the ironclad boat the Cairo that was sunk in the Mississippi river before the battle of Vicksburg ended.  This boat sunk with over 175 crew members on board and not a life was lost.  In 1960 two men took it upon themselves to raise this boat, unfortunately 1 of those men drowned in the Mississippi river before the boat was raised.  The boat was finally raised in three pieces and put back together.


I end our post with our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of a 9 year old girl that was swept away by flood waters in Yazoo County (county over from where we are staying.