Bruinsburg is an extinct settlement in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States. Founded when the Natchez District was part of West Florida, the settlement was one of the end points of the Natchez
Vicinity of Bayou Pierre c. 1800
Bruinsburg Plantation and Bonjurant Plantation on the opposite bank c. 1862
The Vicksburg campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War directed against Vicksburg, Mississippi, a fortress city that dominated the last Confedera
Lithograph of the Mississippi River Squadron running the Confederate blockade at Vicksburg on April 16, 1863
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA
Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton, CSA
View of Vicksburg vicinity and fortifications, 1863