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Vicksburg

8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- THe railroad tracks in Kings Community is going to be covered in water from the Mississippi River in a matter of days disruoting train service thru Vicksburg. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.

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8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- THe railroad tracks in Kings Community is going to be covered in water from the Mississippi River in a matter of days disruoting train service thru Vicksburg. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.