Vicksburg
Campaign, a Virtual Tour
Camp Fisk
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(3-09)
Enlarge Site of Camp Fisk, Old
Highway 27, 2.0 mi. south of VNMP Visitor Center. Primary exchange point
for Union prisoners captured in the Western Theater of operations. The
exchange point in the east was at City Point, VA. Former Union POW's
were sent from Camp Fisk into Vicksburg to board the steamer Sultana,
which later exploded on the Mississippi River north of Memphis |
(3-09) Enlarge Water supply for Camp Fisk |
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