Temperatures dipped below zero in Vicksburg on Feb. 10, 1895, the day Senate Bill S. 4382 was passed. The legislation by ...

This piece of leather may be from an alligator that attacked a soldier during the Civil War, according to Vicksburg National Battlefield Park in Mississippi. National Park Service photo War artifacts ...

CERTIFICATE. JPD SAYS THEY HOPE THIS CREATES A BOND WITH JACKSON'S YOUTH AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE COMING IN TO PRESERVE A HISTORIC SITE IN VICKSBURG. THE FRIENDS OF VICKSBURG ...

War artifacts are typically weapons and uniforms, but occasionally something so strange shows up, that even historians are at a loss. One such oddity — a ragged chunk of leather — is part of the Civil ...