Siege of Vicksburg (1863) · Vicksburg antebellum architecture · Vicksburg National Military Park
US Ghost Adventures, the multi-city ghost-tour network, operates its Vicksburg program under the local consumer brand 'Vicksburg Terrors,' though the operator's own page copy repeatedly refers to the tour as 'Vicksburg Ghosts.' The nightly, roughly hour-long walking tour meets at the blue 'Vicksburg — The Key to the South' sign at 1201 Main St and covers Vicksburg's Civil War history alongside its antebellum mansions.
The route includes the Governor McNutt House, built in 1826 and once home to Mississippi Governor Alexander G. McNutt; the Anchuca Mansion and Inn, which served as a refuge for the sick and wounded during the 1863 Siege of Vicksburg and today operates as an inn, bakery, and restaurant; and the Old Court House Museum, which survived shelling during the siege. The tour also visits Vicksburg National Military Park and the Vicksburg Civil War Museum, a Civil War artifact collection housed in a former hospital building.
Sources
- https://usghostadventures.com/vicksburg-ghost-tour/
- https://www.getyourguide.com/vicksburg-l107922/beneath-the-veil-and-the-vow-vicksburg-ghost-tours-t1087397/
- https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60985-d33501238-Reviews-Beneath_the_Veil_and_the_Vow_Vicksburg_Ghost_Tours-Vicksburg_Mississippi.html
ApparitionsUnexplained SoundsResidual Hauntings
According to US Ghost Adventures, the Governor McNutt House is the site of reports of shadowy figures and unexplained footsteps. At Anchuca Mansion, the operator's narration centers on the Wilson family, said to have endured two deaths in the weeks after Vicksburg's surrender, along with a reported restless former occupant and phantom smells. At the Old Court House Museum, the operator describes reports of a feeling of dread and invisible hands in the basement, attributed by the operator to Confederate soldiers.
At Vicksburg National Military Park, the operator describes visitor reports of ghostly cannon and gunfire, phantom orbs in photographs, and sightings of soldier apparitions on the battlefield grounds. The operator's narration also covers the former Yesterday's Children Antique Doll & Toy Museum, which it says was visited by the Travel Channel's 'Ghost Adventures,' framing the deaths of its two former owners as evidence of a curse; and the Blue Room, tied by the operator to blues musician Robert Johnson's legendary 'crossroads' deal.
All of this is the tour operator's own marketing and narrative material, describing what the tour covers rather than an independently verified account of any location's history.
