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Anchuca (circa 1835).
Built by J. W. Maulden, one of the first selectman in Vicksburg.
Anchuca was the last home of Joseph E. Davis, pioneer and
patriarchal brother to Jefferson Davis. Joseph Davis was Master of the
magnificent Hurricane Plantation, here in Warren County, Mississippi.
Joseph Davis died here on September 18, 1870. Upon a return trip to
Vicksburg in Jan. 1869, Jefferson Davis was re-united with his brother and
father figure here at Anchuca and delivered one of his last public
addresses to the townspeople from our balcony |
(3-96) Duff Green Mansion (1840). 1114 First East Street. Was used as a hospital for Confederate and Union soldiers during the Civil War |
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(3-2011) Enlarge Futrell (1836). 801 Fort Hill Drive. The rear section of the house was heavily damaged by shelling during the siege. Behind the house was located one of Vicksburg's siege caves |
(3-2011) Enlarge View looking down Crawford St. at St. Paul's Catholic Church (right). Old bed of the Mississippi River in distant background. After a Sunday service during the siege a Union shell exploded in the street as parishioners were leaving the church. Wartime church destroyed by the 1953 tornado. Present church built in 1957. The structure at left stands on the site of the north slope of Sky Parlor Hill which was removed sometime after the war |
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(3-2011) Enlarge Crawford Street siege headquarters of Brig. Gen. Stephen D. Lee |
(2-2020)
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1830's). Corner of Farmer and Grove. Built for Martha Vick, a daughter of
Vicksburg's founder, Newit Vick |
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