Blending superb photography of the park with authentic battlefield illustrations and life-like paintings from Civil War artist Mort Kunstler, this program lets the viewer relate Vicksburg's peaceful countryside with its wartime role in that bloody and brutal conflict.
Released 4/02DVD BONUS FEATURES:
• Vicksburg Quiz Answer the campaign questions correctly and earn a reward!
• Vicksburg music video A moving marshal tribute!
• 1917 Veterans Reunion at Vicksburg video This seven-minute historical newsreel "The Blue & the Gray" was produced not long after the 1917 reunion of Civil War veterans at Vicksburg. Over 8,000 former soldiers both Union and Confederate met on the Vicksburg battlefield more than 50 years after the War.
• Salvage of the Gunboat Cairo This 20-minute 1960 National Park Service documentary recounts the raising of the U.S.S. Cairo. On December 12, 1862, the Federal gunboat Cairo was sunk by an electronically-activated mine near Vicksburg. She lay undisturbed for nearly a century. In the early 1960s, she was raised and authentically restored and is now displayed at Vicksburg National Military Park.
DVD CHAPTERS:
1 Introduction
2 Mississippi River
3 U.S.S. Cairo
4 Champion Hill
5 Siege Operations
6 Surrender
7 Park Tour
8 Shirley House
9 Illinois Memorial
10 National Cemetery
11 Louisiana Memorial
12 Texas Memorial
