Battle for the Mississippi: The Vicksburg Campaign

The fall of New Orleans in April1862,

capped the beginning of an 18-month drive

to control Vicksburg and the Mississippi River.

The fight for this strategic location was arduous.

Vicksburg, sitting high atop bluffs, was protected

by artillery and a maze ...

"Ornamental Nursery Capital of Mississippi"

In 1898, E.E. Bolen established a nursery and orchard company in George County. Other wholesale nurseries were established in the early 1900s. The production of ornamental plants, trees and shrubs has since become a thriving commercial industry in the area.

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Cradle of North Mississippi Methodism

The North Mississippi Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, now the United Methodist Church, was organized one block East on November 30, 1870. It was created from portions of the Memphis, Alabama and Mississippi Conferences - Bishop D. S. ...

Woodland and Mississippian Indians

Woodland Tradition Indians, around 2,000 years ago, developed exotic mortuary cults, built burial mounds and effigy earthworks, and traded great distances for obsidian, copper, mica, and conch shells. They explored and exploited the caves of south central Kentucky where they ...

"Mississippi" Fred McDowell

1904 - 1972

Born in Rossville on January 12, 1904, Fred McDowell was one of America's eminent blues artists. His work, rooted in the Delta blues tradition, won him international fame. Of his unique bottleneck guitar style he said: "I make ...

The Mississippi Brigade

Brig. Gen. W. S. Featherston ~ Loring’s div. It consisted of the 40th, 31st, 22d, 3d & 33d regts., (deployment sequence W. to E.) Stigler’s sharpshooters in skirmish line. Brigade was on extreme rt. of Stewart’s A.C., joining Hardee’s A.C. ...

Smith's Mississippi Battery

Stephens' Brigade - Cheatham's Division - Polk's Corps

C.S.

Army of the Mississippi.

Smith's Mississippi Battery,

Stephens' 2d Brig., Cheatham's 2d Div.,

Polk's Corps.

One section, two guns, of this battery was in action here Monday April 7, 1862 until about 10.30 A.M.

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Mississippi

The Father of Waters

The Mighty Miss

The Great River

Source: Lake Itasca MN 552 River Miles

Mouth: Gulf of Mexico 1788 River Miles

This natural water highway made possible many of man's experiences on the North American continent. The ...

Mississippi County

(Front):

Comprising 411 square miles of Missouri's great alluvial plain, this county, organized in 1845, is a high producer of cotton, grain, and soybeans. The Mississippi (Algonquin Indian for Great Water), flowing along some 70 miles of the county's eastern ...

Columbus Mississippi Blues

The Black Prairies of eastern Mississippi have produced a number of notable blues musicians, including Howlin’ Wolf, Bukka White, and Big Joe Williams. Activity in Columbus, the largest city in the region, centered around areas such as this block of ...