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(3-93) Cedar Grove (1840). 2200 Oak
Street. Built by John Klein, a wealthy planter and businessman, the
grounds extended down to the river, where he had his own wharf.
In April, 1863 the home was struck by Union gunboat
fire. A piece of grapeshot is still embedded in a parlor wall. Was visited by Generals Pemberton, Grant and Sherman |
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(3-03) Willis-Cowan House (1835). Crawford Street
two doors east of the Balfour House. Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Vicksburg
headquarters during the siege. In 1890 it was purchased by Mrs. M.F. Cowan,
the wife of one of the men who helped develop the underwater torpedo that
was used by the Confederates to sink the USS Cairo |
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(3-96) Hansford House. Confederate Col. Winchester Hall, 26th Louisiana Infantry, was brought here after being wounded |
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(3-92) McRaven. 1445 Harrison
Street. Built in three different periods: circa 1797 Frontier, 1836 Empire,
and 1849 Greek Revival. The three acre gardens were a Confederate campsite.
Cannon damage visible inside and out |
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Bethel A.M.E. Church |
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