The Engineers at Vicksburg, Part Four: Grant's Canal
Construction (woodcut): During the naval siege of Vicksburg, Brig. Gen. Thomas Williams put his men to work with pick and shovel to excavate a canal across the base of De Soto Point, opposite Vicksburg, in a fa... More
The Engineers at Vicksburg, Part 05: The Line of Defense - Map of the ...
Map of the City’s Defenses: The line of defense around Vicksburg as designed and constructed consisted of nine major forts connected by a continuous line of rifle-pits. The line was anchored on the Mississippi ... More
Hands-on historian works to share the story of Army Engineer R&D
Terry Winschel, historian for the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, uses a power washer to clean off a unique prototype military vehicle designed with “tri-star” wheels. Winschel is on a missi... More
US Army (USA) First Lieutenant (1LT) Dan Winschel, with the 404th Civi...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operat... More
The Engineers at Vicksburg, Part One: The Spinal Column of America
President Abraham Lincoln: At the outbreak of hostilities between the states, President Abraham Lincoln declared Vicksburg “the key,” and said “the war can never be brought to a close until that key is in our p... More
The Engineers at Vicksburg, Part Three: Cannons over Vicksburg
Confederate Captain David Harris: Captain David Harris of the Confederate engineers oversaw placement and construction of the river batteries at Vicksburg. (Library of Congress)
The Engineers at Vicksburg, Part 07: Grant Advances South - Maj. Gen. ...
Confederate Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn: The Port Gibson native led a daring raid in December 1862, which destroyed Grant’s advance base of supplies at Holly Springs and compelled the Federals to fall back to Memph... More
Thayer’s Approach to Confederate fortifications on
Thayer’s Approach to Confederate fortifications on Fort Hill Ridge is visible from the tunnel sappers dug through a ridge on approach. The National Park Service at Vicksburg National Military Park has preserved... More