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160 Miles Afoot Gypsy Tramp of the Y M C A
Fourteen to eleven year old boys from the Y M C A embark on a 160 mile tramp to Vicksburg. They travel by wagon and foot, camp at Confederate and other camps, visit Brookhaven Utica and Big Black River, endure delays for horses, learn about Civil War sites, and finish back home by the Big Black river enjoying plums and blackberries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Barron
Leon Leary
Ford Byrne
Will Casnahan
Clyde Day
Felix Cain
Thos
Chrisman
Lucien Parsons
Geo
Fellows
Leon
Julius Qoberschmidt
Vicksburg
Prof. Green
Camp Confederate
Brookhaven
Wesson
Confederate
Plum Trees
Camp Wilson
Center Point
J. M. Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Utica
Cam
Bill
Currie
Ser Teresq Ee. CG. L. Green
Wardlaw
Black River
Big Black
T. K. Hammett
Mississippi
First Baptist Church
Clyde
Leon Oberschmidt
Land
Ohio
Peline
National Cemetery
Lucien
Camp Vicksburg
Old Vicksburg
Big Black River
Felix
Lees
Evelving