Ohio and Mississippi Railroad

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Chartered in Indiana 1848 by the General Assembly. The people of Ripley County voted March 1849 to provide local financial support for building the railroad. Surveys of the Eastern Division (Cincinnati to Vincennes) began 1852. The town of Osgood ...

The Upper Mississippi

From Lake Itasca, Minnesota, to Cairo, Illinois, the upper Mississippi River flows through America's heartland for over 1100 miles. Its currents have borne the Indian's canoe, the explorer's dugout, and the trader's packet. Jacques Marquette, Louis Jolliet, and Zebulon Pike ...

Army of the Mississippi

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Army of the Mississippi.

General Albert Sidney Johnston (Killed).

General G.T. Beauregard.

First Corps. Maj. Gen Leonidas Polk.

Second Corps. Maj. Gen. Braxton Bragg.

Third Corps. Maj. Gen. Wm. J. Hardee, (wounded).

Reserve Corps. Brig. Gen. John C. Breckinridge.

The Confederate army, known ...

11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment

(Front):11th Mississippi

Infantry Regiment(Within the flag relief):Manassas

Seven Pines

Gaines Farm

Malvern Hill

(Plaque):July 3, 1863The 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, with its ranks growing thinner at every step, advanced with the colors to the stone wall near the Brian Barn.

The Mississippi River Parkway:

First Project

The first 5-mile-long section of the Great River Road project, or the Mississippi River Parkway as it was originally named, was built near here in 1953 and extend­ed east across the Black River. Eventually, the Great River Road would ...

U.S.S. Mississippi

Figurehead of the

Second Battleship Mississippi

Presented to the

State of Mississippi

By the U.S. Navy Department

December 1909

Marker is on High Street, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Swett's Mississippi Battery

Shaver's Brigade - Hardee's Corps

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Swett's Mississippi Battery,

Shaver's (1st) Brigade, Hardee's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This battery, of six guns, was engaged here from 8 A.M. to 9 A.M., April 6, 1862. Its next action was East of Review ...

Harper's Mississippi Battery

Wood's Brigade - Hardee's Corps

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Harper's Mississippi Battery,

Wood's (3d) Brigade, Hardee's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This battery of four guns, known also as "Jefferson Artillery", was in action here from 8 A.M. to 9 A.M., April 6, 1862.

Marker can ...

Harper's Mississippi Battery

Wood's Brigade - Hardee's Corps

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Harper's Mississippi Battery,

Wood's (3d) Brigade, Hardee's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This battery, of four guns, was in action here about 2 P.M. April 6, 1862.

Marker is on Hamburg-Purdy Road 0.4 miles ...

3rd Mississippi Infantry Battalion

Wood's Brigade - Hardee's Corps

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3d Mississippi Infantry Battalion,

Wood's (3d) Brigade, Hardee's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This battalion, on picket at this place, was attacked at 4:55 A.M., April 6, 1862, by reconnoitering party sent out by General Prentiss. It held its ...