Vicksburg Battlefield

With Democrats and Republics fighting up in Washington Day Care, it seemed fitting to be walking the Vicksburg battlefield where relatives fought each other, and Arkansas even had troops on both sides of the battle. 

One thing really stood out at Vicksburg for me.  Here is the Union leader, General Grant.

Now, maybe he was drinking that day (note the sculptor caught him stuffing the flask back into that inside pocket), but he doesn't look anywhere near as good as Stonewall Jackson, does he?

Vicksburg's terrain makes it a neat place to visit.  There are a lot of dimensions to the battlefield, making it easy to visualize the actual conflict as well as very photogenic.

Whoa, that's a big cannon!