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Vicksburg, Mississippi
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| This Mississippi River town is a study in contrasts. It | Can I make the Vicksburg reservation by phone? We |
| is best known for its many fine Victorian and | would be happy to help you make any Vicksburg |
| antebellum homes as well as for the Vicksburg | hotel reservation by phone. You can call our toll free |
| National Military Park, one of the best Civil War | number between the hours of 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. |
| historic parks we've come across. But it is moving | Monday through Friday (CST). 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
| rapidly into the present and cashing in on the casino | Saturday and Sunday. |
| craze. Four casinos are operating in the city. | |
| | How can I be sure information about my credit card is |
| Vicksburg was the site of one of the critical events of | secure? We use secure-socket-layer (SSL) |
| the Civil War: Union troops led by Gen. Ulysses S. | encryption, the standard encryption on the Internet. |
| Grant laid siege to the town for 47 days. When | This type of encryption allows you to feel confident |
| Confederate Gen. John C. Pemberton finally | and secure about supplying personal and credit |
| capitulated, the Union had gained control of the vital | card information. |
| Mississippi River and divided the Confederacy into | |
| two sections. The battle line of this great siege has | Is free breakfast available? Some hotels offer free |
| been preserved in the Vicksburg National Military | breakfast with each room night booked. This |
| Park. A 16-mi/26-km auto route winds along both | information can be found on the property information |
| sides of the line. You'll find forts, trenches, cannons | "detail" page for your specific property. |
| and more than a thousand plaques and monuments | |
| (many on a grand scale) commemorating the | Is there a minimum age requirements to reserve a |
| tug-of-war over Vicksburg. The visitors center has | room? A minimum age of 18 is required by most |
| artifacts, along with a short, introductory movie about | hotels to book a room. Some require the guest(s) be |
| the battle. Within the park is the Vicksburg National | 21. These requirements and other amenities |
| Cemetery, where 17,000 soldiers lie a grim reminder | information on the property "Detail" pages. |
| of the deadliness of the Civil War. Many of the | |
| tombstones are simply marked U.S. Unknown | Can I book the reservation to stay tonight? Some |
| Soldier. Near the cemetery are the remains of the | hotels accept reservations until 3:00pm on the arrival |
| Cairo, a Union ironclad ship, dredged up in 1964, that | day. Only hotels that follow this policy will show when |
| had the distinction of being the first ship in history to | the today's arrival date is typed into the search form. |
| be sunk with an electrically triggered mine. The Cairo | |
| Museum, next to the ship, houses artifacts recovered | How will I know when my reservation is confirmed? |
| from the wreck. | Our confirmation number displayed immediately |
| | upon successfully making your reservation. Our |
| Before or after you see the military park, take time to | systems work behind the scenes to email you the |
| tour the downtown area of Vicksburg, which has | final confirmation number. |
| mansions from the antebellum period and later. (If | |
| you can, we suggest scheduling your visit to see | Are free shuttles supplied from the airport to the |
| these homes during Vicksburg's annual spring | hotel? Some hotels do offer free shuttle services |
| pilgrimage tour one of the best pilgrimages in the | from the airport but not all. Please verify this |
| South.) Among the houses to see are Anchuca, a | information on the property information page, if this is |
| Greek Revival home from the 1700s; Balfour House, | import to you. |
| an 1835 Greek Revival structure (closed in January | |
| and February and on major holidays); and the | Is your detail on amenities information accurate? |
| Martha Vick House, an 1830s home built for the | This information is updated a many times during the |
| daughter of Newitt Vick, founder of Vicksburg. The | year. We strive to have the most complete |
| McRaven Home should be seen whether youre on a | information available and the most accurate. We do |
| pilgrimage or not. The home represents three distinct | rely on the personnel at each hotel property to |
| periods in Mississippi's history it was built in 1797, | update and change information as appropriate. |
| enlarged in 1836 and enlarged again in 1849. The | |
| rooms are filled with museum-quality furnishings and | How do you book a room for someone else? You |
| period pieces. Civil War battles are re-enacted in its | can us our system to book a room for someone else. |
| gardens. | Make sure you include that persons information as |
| | the guest. You can have a different person paying |
| More Civil War history is covered at the Gray and | with their credit card than the name and address of |
| Blue Naval Museum: artifacts, paintings and Civil | the guest staying in the room . |
| War gunboat models (said to be the world's largest | |
| collection). Also downtown, you'll find the Coca-Cola | Can you give driving directions? Yes, click the map |
| Museum, a restored store and soda fountain where | link displayed on the property "Detail" page. This |
| Joseph Biedenharn first bottled Coke in 1894. A | informative map will give you the main cross streets |
| notable annual event on Vicksburg's calendar is the | and address. Click the tab: "directions", type in your |
| Riverfest (street dance, entertainment, food, arts and | address and click "submit". A detailed list of where to |
| crafts April). 40 mi/64 km west of Jackson. | turn and how many miles will be displayed. |
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