We, after 11 days at "Camp Red Bay", packed up and headed for Vicksburg, MS.  We treated ourselves to about a 100 mile drive on the "Natchez Trace Parkway".  It's a historic roadway that dates back centuries when it was a trail used by native indians and then trappers and traders.  Now it's a lovely 2 lane paved highway with numerous pulloffs for ancient indian mounds and scenic outlooks.  Arriving in Vicksburg we wanted to see some of the areas historic sites before the day ended.  We checked into the campground and settled the bus into our assigned spot and quickly unhooked the "towed" and began by driving one of the marked "scenic drives".   We saw some awesome old mansions and churches before visiting the "City Cemetary" which dates back into the 1700's. 

The first photo appears to be a family grave monument.  Upon closer inspection, the lower photo shows that it's a tombstone for a child who lived less than a year.

This is the entrance to the Clergy area.  Graves of Priests and Sisters.

A marker commemorating nurses who died giving aid during the Civil War.

A family plot where six children, brothers and sisters, died before the age of 3.

Finally a picture from a bluff overlooking the headstones of some of the 5000 graves of Confederate soldiers who died while defending Vicksburg from the Union Army.