Old Court House Museum

Court Square
Vicksburg, MS, 39183
601-636-0741

URL : http://www.oldcourthouse.org

overview : Vicksburg's most historic building, constructed by slaves in 1858, has hosted such great Americans as Jefferson Davis, Theodore Roosevelt, John Breckinridge, Booker T. Washington, William McKinley, and U. S. Grant. Here the U. S. Flag was raised and the Confederate lowered on July 4, 1863

topics : civil, war