Excellent video Scott! We travel to/through Vicksburg a number of times each year and used to visit the park quite often. On every visit it seems I learn something else...there's a lot to take in. The U.S.S. Cairo is extremely interesting to me and folks should go see it if for no other reason than to marvel at how the thing stayed afloat.
Despite what some say in our current society, these men, on both sides, were good men that were compelled to fight for their beliefs and willing to make the ultimate sacrifice....and many did. The total men (our ancestors) killed in the Civil War, 620,000, is mind boggling. That total equals the number of men lost in every war fought by America prior to Vietnam including WWI and WWII. Many of us had ancestors that fought there for what they held dear. The sheer amount of blood shed is not only sobering but deserves respect from anyone/everyone.
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