Vicksburg Tours: Relive History

If you prefer a Vicksburg walking tour, you can casually stroll through Vicksburg’s historic districts and homes by scheduling a guided tour or using a free visitor’s guide. Pick up a Vicksburg Heritage Walking Trails brochure and learn about the history at properties throughout the downtown and historic district. Stroll through antebellum mansions on a guided Vicksburg Old Town Tour where you will see the scars of the War embedded in the walls and floors. The Vicksburg National Military Park offers hiking and walking trails as well, including the more physically demanding Al Scheller Hiking Trail.

When your legs get tired, the Vicksburg driving tour at Vicksburg National Military Park is fantastic. As you drive the 16-mile tour road, you’ll see incredible views of the Mississippi River, the battleship USS Cairo, the battlefield and Vicksburg National Cemetery and more than 1,000 Civil War monuments.

Be sure to visit the creepy side of Vicksburg and shiver with the thrill of a haunted tour at the McRaven House. McRaven has monthly ghost investigations and candlelight tours during the month of October. Don’t miss the chance for a ghostly encounter at Mississippi’s most haunted home!

Request a Vicksburg free visitors guide and plan a Vicksburg museum tour. You’ll find six museums to explore in historic downtown Vicksburg. Visit the Biedenharn Coca-Cola™ Museum and find out how this beverage began being bottled in 1894. Make time to explore the Old Court House Museum, Vicksburg Civil War Museum, Lower Mississippi River Museum, Catfish Row Museum and The Old Depot Museum, as well. Your visitors guide has plenty of suggestions for you and your group in Vicksburg.

The Vicksburg Heritage Walking Trails are self-guided walking tours that allow visitors (and residents) to immerse themselves in the history of the city. Choose from five different routes featuring 35 markers placed throughout the downtown and historic districts. The three-mile Heritage Route is the most popular and acts as a base or branching off point for the other four tours. It guides you through early Vicksburg’s history, heritage, and the Civil War. Another option is the Captain Speeds Route, a two-mile walk through Vicksburg’s first neighborhood.

If you’re looking for history with a side of spooky, sign up for a Haunted Vicksburg Ghost Tour. You’ll be entertained on a twelve-block stroll through Vicksburg’s oldest and most haunted neighborhood with stories of The Trail of Tears, antebellum duels, yellow fever epidemics, and the 47-day siege of Vicksburg. All those events have left behind some unfinished business and restless spirits in Vicksburg. The tour lasts roughly 90 minutes and takes you past historic homes, gardens, churches, and more.

Vicksburg Old Town Tours lead guided tours of Vicksburg, many that can be designed to you or your group’s specific interests. The Antebellum Experience focuses on Vicksburg’s oldest neighborhood and the beautiful structures you’ll find there. Your first stop will be the Christ Episcopal Church, built in the mid-1800s, and from there you’ll see several antebellum homes before ending your tour with a walkthrough of an antebellum mansion. In addition to customizable group tours, Old Town Tours also offers an all-inclusive three-night, four-day bus tour of Vicksburg with visits to museums, restaurants, and historical sites.

The Vicksburg National Military Park offers a vast expanse of walking trails that tell the history of the Siege of Vicksburg and the battles fought there. The 16-mile pedestrian Tour Road allows visitors to create walking loops ranging in length from three miles to the full 16 miles. In addition to the paved Tour Road, the park also offers wilderness hiking. The Al Scheller Hiking Trail is a primitive 12.5-mile footpath through the interior section of the park. It was originally established in 1979-1980, for the purpose of training Boy Scouts in the use of compasses and orienteering methods. Today, it gives hikers an idea of the difficult terrain faced by the soldiers during the Siege of Vicksburg.