Vicksburg National Military Park
A place honoring a strategic point of the Civil War; the reverse bears a warship on the Yazoo River.
Vicksburg National Military Park is a place in the state of Mississippi that preserves the site where an important battle of the Civil War was fought. The fight surrounding this river city is remembered as a crucial moment that turned the course of the war.
The reverse of the coin depicts the warship “USS Cairo” on the Yazoo River. It holds the image of an old warship floating on the river.
The USS Cairo was a warship that saw action during the Civil War, and it conveys the story of the battles fought on the river and of that era. This ship on the coin holds together the fierce fighting surrounding the river and the desire not to forget it.
Vicksburg began to be protected on February 21, 1899, and has long guarded the traces of the battlefield and the history that took place here. It is a place that did not forget even a painful history but left it as a place of learning.
When you look at the warship on the coin, you quietly bring to mind the old events that unfolded on the river. In effect, a small quarter connects you to a scene of American history.