Month: November 2017

This is an in-progress version of my first map. I am trying to map the number of buildings in Vicksburg before and after the 1863 siege. I used a map of the Siege of Vicksburg from the Library of Congress to approximate the starting number of buildings. The building sizes, uses, and owners are not … Continue reading Research Project Update #2

Thus far, the primary obstacle in my project has been data collection. The first set of data I need is local socioeconomic records from pre-Civil War Vicksburg, Mississippi. Most local tax and property records available are from after the 1880s. After searching numerous county, city and state websites, I finally found a scan of the … Continue reading Research Project Update #1