Memorial Day Remembrance Continued...

Continuing through The Vicksburg National Military Cemetery of the final resting place of veterans of the American Civil War Battle of Vicksburg, that was waged from May 18 to July 4, 1863.  The cemetery embraces 116 acres, and holds the remains of 17,000 Civil War Union soldiers, a number unmatched by any other national cemetery.

Mockingbird perched on top of statue.

Magnolia trees are throughout the Vicksburg National Military Cemetery.

  

USS Cairo Museum and the Navy Memorial in the background.

Leaving The Vicksburg National Military Cemetery

Two Confederates are interred in the Vicksburg National Military Cemetery (a Sgt. White and a Pvt. Brantley) There are 43 Union soldiers who were involved in the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou interred in Soldiers Rest, but the plaque with their names is in the Vicksburg National Military Cemetery since the request to erect it at Soldiers' Rest was denied. 

Soldiers' Rest

Confederate dead from the Vicksburg Campaign originally buried behind Confederate lines, have now been re-interred in the Vicksburg City Cemetery (Cedar Hill Cemetery), in an area called "Soldiers' Rest." Approximately 5,000 Confederates have been re-interred there, of which 1,600 are identified.  

Remembrance ~ Memorial Day 2016