Explore the Defenses

To guard Vicksburg from Union attack, the Confederates built a ring of forts around the city's north, east, and south sides. This northernmost point of those defenses looks along Confederate lines, including forts such as Stockade Redan, Great Redoubt, Railroad Redoubt, and Fort Garrott, as well as Confederate state memorials honoring the troops who fought here and the site where General Grant and General Pemberton met to discuss surrender terms.

Mississippi · United States