1018 Crawford St., Vicksburg, Mississippi. County/parish: Warren.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 23, 1970. NRIS 70000319.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
Pemberton's Headquarters, also known as the Willis-Cowan House, is a historic house museum at 1018 Crawford Street in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Built in 1836, it served as the headquarters for Confederate General John C. Pemberton during most of the 47-day Siege of Vicksburg. It was also the site where Pemberton surrendered the city to U.S. Major General Ulysses S. Grant on July 4, 1863. The house is owned by the National Park Service and is open to the public as part of Vicksburg National Military Park. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73892159