The battlefield land around Vicksburg is being preserve with ongoing efforts

The battlefield land around Vicksburg, once was the bloody battlefield in the Vicksburg campaign, is now being preserved and maintained by the National Park Service. This area is now called The Vicksburg National Military Park, and is located in Vicksburg (Mississippi) and Delta (Louisiana). The Vicksburg National Military Park is spread across 1800 acres. It has 1325 historical monuments and the Vicksburg National Cemetery. Around 17000 Union soldiers rest in this cemetery. It has trenches, tour roads, trails, cannons, earthworks, restored gunboats, etc., and is open to the public. This is one of the most important battlefields in the American Civil War, therefore, many people from all around the war come to this park every year to study about the War and American history.

The American Battlefield Trust also takes part in preserving and maintaining the the battlefield land around Vicksburg. In 1899, Confederate veteran Stephen Dill Lee supervised the establishment of the 1,800 acre Vicksburg National Military Park, which was then transferred to the National Park Service in 1933. The park was the site of the raising of the ironclad USS Cairo in the 1960s, one of the landmark achievements of American Civil War preservation. Despite its significance, the other battlefields of the Vicksburg campaign, were largely unpreserved until recent years. The American Battlefield Trust has saved hundreds of acres on the battlefields of Raymond, Champion Hill, Big Black River Bridge, and Port Gibson.