American Cruise Lines also offers the longest Mississippi River cruise in the country. The Civil War Battlefields itinerary visits 13 states and all three major theaters of the Civil War ...

They brought with them slaves to do the backbreaking work of clearing the wild forest and subduing the Mississippi River with levees ... after the Civil War, the state became among the most ...

Housed in the restored Jefferson Barracks 1905 Post Exchange Building, the Missouri Civil War Museum is the oldest active military installation west of the Mississippi River. Within the 22,000 ...

was incorporated in 1825 and has since evolved into a major commerce hub along the Mississippi River. Vicksburg is home to numerous historical markers, including the site of a significant Civil War ...

Altogether, Twain spent four years steaming up and down the Mississippi. When the Civil War broke out ... A term used in river navigation, "mark twain" means water that is two fathoms (or ...