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| Lunch today at the Walnut Hills Restaurant in downtown Vicksburg. Good food off the beaten path and not as popular as those commercial operations. Famous for their round table family style. Seats at least 8 and a big lazy susan is in the middle of the table. |
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| This is the recovered, restored and reassembled USS Cairo, an ironclad for the Union which sank in the Yazoo River during the Vicksburg campaign. |
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| The paddle-wheel brackets in the middle of the ship. |
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| Behind Bob is the section of railroad rails which were attached to the ship's prow to protect the forward guns and crew. |
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| The capstan was used for winding ropes and cables to move cannon and anchors. |
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| This is the 2.5 inch plating on the side of the ship. |
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| Railroad rails where added later to protect the prow of the ship. |
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| All 7 of the City Class ironclad ships looked alike so each one had colored stripes on the smoke stack for identification. |
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| Reconstructed rudders and two stern cannons. The captain's quarters were between the cannon and the paddle-wheel. |
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| The lighter wood on the outside and under the cannon is support for the original wood which survived over 100 years being submerged in water and encased in mud and silt. |
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