The Civil War tends to loom over the history gracing Vicksburg's timeline, so other historic sites in the area, like that of the French-built Fort St. Pierre, originally erected in 1719 ...

Warren County Emergency Management Agency officials have pushed back the expected timeline for the Mississippi River to crest ...

This extended episode then chronicles the fall of Vicksburg, the New York draft riots, the first use of black troops, and the western battles at Chickamauga, Georgia, and Chattanooga, Tennessee.