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- Nebraska
My wife and I are gearing up for our summer trip. In the areas we are going, what are must-see places in addition to what I have listed? Most of the stops listed below are in relation to my research of the 22nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry and following their footsteps.
Nebraska to Vicksburg via Kansas City route:
What else have I missed or should consider?
Nebraska to Vicksburg via Kansas City route:
- Vicksburg -- Old Depot Museum and Old Courthouse Museum, National Military Park and the USS Cairo
- Arkansas Post
- Milliken's Bend
- Chickasaw Bayou -- Must visit for me
- Champion Hill
- Big Black River Bridge
- Port Gibson
- Baton Rouge
- Plaquemine City -- The 22nd Kentucky was stationed here for a time and created a soldier newspaper called The Picket Post
- On to New Orleans
- Meander to Berwick City, Brashear City (today Morgan City), and up to Young's Point on our way home.
What else have I missed or should consider?
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