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A rain delay played an essential role in The Battle of Jackson, which was fought 162 years ago today in Jackson, Mississippi, as part of the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War.

A new collection of primary source documents, "The 1863 Stibbs Family Civil War Era Letters," is the third set of letters ...

Vicksburg National Military Park covers 1,815 acres, and is about a 45-mile drive west from Jackson. The park "commemorates ...