Editing Vicksburg, Mississippi (section)

==Cultural references==
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* Vicksburg is mentioned in the [[Pulitzer Prize]] winning [[Play (theatre)|play]] ''[[Crimes of the Heart]]'' by Beth Henley.
* Several [[delta blues]] songs mention Vicksburg, including [[Charley Patton]]'s "[[High Water Everywhere]]" and [[Robert Johnson]]'s "[[Traveling Riverside Blues]]".
* The city is mentioned multiple times in the series of books surrounding the Logan family, including ''[[Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry]]'' (1976) and ''[[Let The Circle Be Unbroken]]'' (1981), by [[Mildred Taylor]].
* A made-for-TV movie version of ''[[I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]]'', based on [[Maya Angelou]]'s memoir, was filmed in Vicksburg.
* ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'' was filmed in Vicksburg. The Stokes campaign dinner was filmed in the Southern Cultural Heritage Center's auditorium.
* The hospital stairway scene from ''[[Mississippi Burning]]'' was filmed in the Southern Cultural Heritage Convent (with [[Gene Hackman]] and [[Willem Dafoe]]).
* Vicksburg is featured in [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s 1982 science fiction novel ''[[Friday (novel)|Friday]]'' as a town in the Lone Star Republic, a leading smugglers' port between Texas and the Chicago Imperium. The book's protagonist Friday Baldwin stayed there, particularly in the riverfront Lowtown, while trying to find a way into the Imperium.
* In the novel ''[[Underground to Canada]]'' the protagonists Julilly and Liza are slaves on a cotton plantation near Vicksburg.
* Vicksburg was the focus of [https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/ghost-adventures/photos/ghost-adventures-hauntings-of-vicksburg four episodes] of the American television series ''[[Ghost Adventures episodes|Ghost Adventures]]'' during Season 19, with one episode dedicated to [[Battle of Champion Hill|Champion Hill Battlefield]].
* On [[Elton John]]'s 1974 album ''[[Caribou (album)|Caribou]]'', the song "Dixy Lily" contains the lyrics "Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run." in the chorus.
* Vicksburg is mentioned in [[Mississippi Queen]] by [[Mountain (band)|Mountain]].