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Anshe Chesed Cemetery
Clay Street at National Military Park
Adjacent to the Vicksburg National Military
Park, the cemetery dates back to1865. A lunette
fortification was built on the property by the Confederacy. On May 19 and 22, 1863, it
was the site of fierce fighting and bloodshed.
In 1865, the property was sold to the
Anshe Chesed Congregation.
Bethel AME Church
805 Monroe Street
601-636-5777 / 601-634-0610
The first African Methodist Episcopal Church
in Mississippi and the first Masonic Lodge
in Mississippi were organized here in 1875. In
1890, Campbell College, the first African
American College in Mississippi established
without the aid of whites, operated out of a
building behind Bethel. The college moved
to Jackson, MS in 1897 and was absorbed by
Jackson State University. By appointment only.
Beulah Cemetery
Old Jackson Road - Off Martin Luther King
The only African American cemetery in
Vicksburg established by the Vicksburg
Tabernacle #19 Independent Order of Brothers
and Sisters of Love and Charity around 1884.
The final resting place for members of some
of the prominent African American families
in Vicksburg’s history and there are more than
5,500 graves scattered across the grassy tree-studded
cemetery, which date from 1884 to
the 1940s.
Cedar Hill Cemetery and Soldiers Rest
326 Lovers Lane
601-634-4513 / 800-221-3536
Commonly known as City Cemetery, graves
in the sprawling graveyard represent more
than 150 drama-filled years in Vicksburg.
Epitaphs tell of sorrow and joy, good times
and bad. A section of Cedar Hill Cemetery
established by the United Daughters of the
Confederacy contains the graves of 5,000
Confederate soldiers who died during the
Siege of Vicksburg.
Open 7 am to dusk.
1115 Main Street
601-638-5899 Call prior to coming to assure someone is in the office. Christ Church was the first building built for
public assembly in Vicksburg. The cornerstone was laid in 1839 by Bishop Leonidas Polk, who later was a Let. General in the Confederate Army. During the siege of 1863, the Rev. W.W. Lord conducted daily services, in spite of the shelling. Many original furnishings are still in use in the four regular weekly worship services. Features two Tiffany stained-glass windows. The mid-19th Century house next door is still the home of the rector.
cechurch@bellsouth.net
www.christchurchvburg.dioms.org
Church of the Holy Trinity (circa 1869)
900 South Street • 601-636-0542
Holy Trinity has
been a place of
spiritual refreshment
to Vicksburg
for over 125 years.
With its slate roof
and steeple, it can
be seen from all
parts of the city.
Holy Trinity is on
the National
Register of Historic Places and, of the 11
Tiffany stained glass windows in Mississippi,
it contains six. Holy Trinity also houses the
only known set of stained glass windows
honoring the deceased of both the North and
the South.
Holy Trinity is a congregation of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi.
Mo. - Fr.,
9 am – 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
www.holytrinityvicksburg.dioms.org