Arkansas-Mississippi Road Trip Part 6 (View Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)
After exploring the Windsor Ruins, we continued on to Natchez to tour Longwood, the largest octagonal house in America. I think this may have been my favorite site on our Arkansas to Mississippi trip.
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Arkansas-Mississippi Road Trip Part 5 (View Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 6)
At the spur of the moment, we decided to take our Arkansas-Mississippi road trip deeper south. Through the Smithsonian Channel’s Aerial America, we learned about the eerie Windsor Ruins. We also learned that it was located kind of in the middle of nowhere –about 10 miles outside of Port Gibson, Mississippi in the backwoods.
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Arkansas-Mississippi Road Trip Part 4 (View Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 5, Part 6)
This ship is intimidating. Even out of the water and out of commission! Imagine seeing it during a time when river gunboats made of iron were few and far between. This is the USS Cairo, one of seven City Class Ironclads built for the Union Navy.
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Arkansas-Mississippi Road Trip Part 3 (View Part 1, Part 2, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6)
The 1863 surrender of Vicksburg, Mississippi in what is now known as the Vicksburg Campaign, played a significant role in the turning point of the American Civil War. The campaign lasted about 7 months before the Confederates surrendered the city to the Union. The entire city is dotted with memorials and signs, marking key battles in significant locations.
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