
This week Zak Bagans and the Ghost Adventures crew are called in by the mayor of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to investigate the famous Civil War siege and its aftermath. The siege of Vicksburg took place between May 18 and July 4, 1863 with Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee attacked Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton’s e Confederate Army of Mississippi. The victory for the Unionists was significant and gave them complete control of the Mississippi River for the rest of the war. Casualties included 766 dead on the United States side and over 3000 from...read more