Next weeks trip

[gentlemanrob]

next week I start my almost week long trip about a 16 hour trip one way. I will be visiting Mississippi (Jackson and Vicksburg), Northern Louisiana (Shreveport area), and Texas (Austin, Waco, Marshall, and San Antonio) I plan to visit the graves of the most Generals I have ever visited on one trip. Also looking for civil war battle sites as well as other stuff I should see on my trip if anyone has any recommendations of places that are must see let me know.

 

[Pollaco]

I didn't know you were headed to San Antonio also. There are several good cemeteries there as well as in Austin. There's even a Confederate Cemetery there, I think. If you visit the Alamo pay attention to that cannon mounted on a blue caisson. It was one of the largest cannon there and is a cannon off of a shipwreck.The trunnions were knocked of by Santa Anna men.It's mounted on a "sling" and I'd bet even some of the guides don't know it. Lot's of history behind that 18 pounder. At least I think it's an 18 , it's actually a bored out 12 pounder I think..
Marshall never printed money there but had a "sub-mint" established there. Interesting town. And while you're passing through stop at Sabine Pass. Galveston has it's history but there isn't much there anymore.

 

[lupaglupa]

That's an impressive amount to cover in such a short time. If you had more time I would say to take a longer route between Jackson and Vicksburg so you can get on the Natchez Trace - it's a wonderful old road which is now a National Park and there's a lot of interesting stops along the way.

 

[luinrina]

If you're passing by Vicksburg, the battlefield park with the national cemetery as well as the Confederate cemetery are a must. Do plan at least a day. Nearby are Raymond and Champion Hill. Contact @alan polk who lives around the corner and might be able to give you a tour of the battlefields. He really knows his stuff.

I second @lupaglupa 's suggestion of the Natchez Trace. I traveled the Trace between Natchez and Jackson and enjoyed it very much for the history and nature. If you take the Trace, do stop at Rocky Springs. Grant stopped there on his way north to Jackson. Not much is left today but the old church still stands and attached is an old cemetery that might interest to you.

I can also suggest visiting Natchez, if not for the old antebellum houses then at least for the City Cemetery and the graves of several civil war soldiers, generals among them.

 

[gentlemanrob]

If you're passing by Vicksburg, the battlefield park with the national cemetery as well as the Confederate cemetery are a must. Do plan at least a day. Nearby are Raymond and Champion Hill. Contact @alan polk who lives around the corner and might be able to give you a tour of the battlefields. He really knows his stuff.

I second @lupaglupa 's suggestion of the Natchez Trace. I traveled the Trace between Natchez and Jackson and enjoyed it very much for the history and nature. If you take the Trace, do stop at Rocky Springs. Grant stopped there on his way north to Jackson. Not much is left today but the old church still stands and attached is an old cemetery that might interest to you.

I can also suggest visiting Natchez, if not for the old antebellum houses then at least for the City Cemetery and the graves of several civil war soldiers, generals among them.

Natchez will be a future trip

 

[lupaglupa]

Natchez will be a future trip

Natchez itself would be a stretch. If you had time you could take the Trace to Port Gibson, which is a lovely little town, and drive north from there to Vicksburg. That wouldn't add a huge amount of time and you'd get the experience of the Trace.

 

[Lubliner]

Remember you got to turn around and come back, some way. Which route?
Lubliner.

 

[lupaglupa]

Remember you got to turn around and come back, some way. Which route?
Lubliner.

@gentlemanrob said in his OP that it was a one way trip

 

[Seduzal]

Thanks for sharing this. Be safe during your travels and wishing you A Very Merry Christmas!

 

[Biscuit]

Seeing this foot of snow outside my window this morning sure makes me wish I was travelling to Vicksburg for some reason...

 

[gentlemanrob]

Remember you got to turn around and come back, some way. Which route?
Lubliner.

Going on I -20 west

 

[lupaglupa]

Seeing this foot of snow outside my window this morning sure makes me wish I was travelling to Vicksburg for some reason...

At 7 a.m. we measured 15.5 inches. It's supposed to stop at noon. Gonna be fun clearing this one out!

 

[gentlemanrob]

At 7 a.m. we measured 15.5 inches. It's supposed to stop at noon. Gonna be fun clearing this one out!

We had freezing rain where I live at but no snow and only a slim amount of ice

 

[Lubliner]

@gentlemanrob said in his OP that it was a one way trip

Yes, 16 hours in one direction. That puts him out there near the Alamo. I was curious if he planned returning 16 hours in the other direction by the same route. Possibly if he wasn't pressed for time, he could make a more southerly loop. Unless as you suggest, he is making a permanent move to Texas.
Lubliner.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Yes, 16 hours in one direction. That puts him out there near the Alamo. I was curious if he planned returning 16 hours in the other direction by the same route. Possibly if he wasn't pressed for time, he could make a more southerly loop. Unless as you suggest, he is making a permanent move to Texas.
Lubliner.

I live in South Carolina so I am not sure which way I will return probably which ever way I can get more photos of graves of civil war officers. I may come back thru Louisiana so I can pick up a few

 

[Lubliner]

I live in South Carolina so I am not sure which way I will return probably which ever way I can get more photos of graves of civil war officers. I may come back thru Louisiana so I can pick up a few

I had been thinking New Orleans and Mobile, and then maybe up toward Andersonville.
Lubliner.

 

[bdtex]

next week I start my almost week long trip about a 16 hour trip one way. I will be visiting Mississippi (Jackson and Vicksburg), Northern Louisiana (Shreveport area), and Texas (Austin, Waco, Marshall, and San Antonio) I plan to visit the graves of the most Generals I have ever visited on one trip. Also looking for civil war battle sites as well as other stuff I should see on my trip if anyone has any recommendations of places that are must see let me know.

Since you specifically mentioned Marshall, I imagine you have already done a little research. If not, I can recommend the City Cemetery and Greenwood Cemetery. You'll find some Generals in both. I also recommend the Old Harrison County Courthouse Museum.


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Greenwood Cemetery in Marshall, Texas - Find a Grave Cemetery

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[Rusk County Avengers]

next week I start my almost week long trip about a 16 hour trip one way. I will be visiting Mississippi (Jackson and Vicksburg), Northern Louisiana (Shreveport area), and Texas (Austin, Waco, Marshall, and San Antonio) I plan to visit the graves of the most Generals I have ever visited on one trip. Also looking for civil war battle sites as well as other stuff I should see on my trip if anyone has any recommendations of places that are must see let me know.

I just got back from filming a western near Austin, I hate that city with an absolute passion. ("Leningrad-on-the-Colorado" is the name I've heard it called most often, that whole region might as well be a little California)

But since you'll be there, the set we used in that western is a great place to stop by and about 30 or 40 minutes from Austin with an AWESOME collection of wagons in their museum. Its called the "Buggy Barn Museum" in Blanco, TX:

Buggy Barn Museum - Home

As for NE Texas, where I'm at, Marshall does have a museum in their old courthouse, and there's some markers of CW sites, but Harrison County has a tendency to run from their CW history, and there's some famous figures like Walter P. Lane buried there. (The local SCV Camp just got done cleaning and putting back CS headstones.)

(The old courthouse in downtown Marshall, with a monument we just saved)

(Site marker for the location of the Confederate Capitol of Missouri)

While Marshall hides from its CW history for the most part, about 10 minutes north of it is Jefferson, a major center of Confederate activity in NE Texas.

Jefferson Album - Texas' Civil War Town | The Traveler's Companion - Visit Historic Sites (civilwartalk.com)

Its also home to the now somewhat famous and beloved by attendees of CWT musters Tom Moss, and his CW/military museum:

Mason Dixon Line Museum, Jefferson, TX | The Traveler's Companion - Visit Historic Sites (civilwartalk.com)

If you need a guide here in NE Texas around Marshall and Jefferson let me know and if free I can help out, though that being said I've been busy. Film stuff, damage control with it, and now going to Jefferson for kepi making lessons from Tom, along with SCV stuff.

 

[Pollaco]

I think you mentioned Waco, the Texas Ranger Museum is a must see, if it's still there.It's been a few years since I've seen it.

 

[Rusk County Avengers]

I think you mentioned Waco, the Texas Ranger Museum is a must see, if it's still there.It's been a few years since I've seen it.

I passed by it on my way home Monday. Its still there, with it's great artifacts, records, and horrible interpretation of Texas Ranger history.

One fellow from Missouri down on set was talking about all he was told there, and when I said half of it was wrong he seemed very offended. He hollered out how could I know more than the museum, my reply was simply "I read books...."