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Map of Natchez, Mississippi, United States in May 1862; the "road to Hamburg" may have been a route between the slave markets at Forks of the Road and Hamburg, South Carolina. During the Civil War, Natchez remained largely undamaged. The city surrendered to Flag-Officer David G. Farragut after the fall of New Orleans in May 1862. [44]
The William Johnson House was the home of William Johnson, a 19th-century free African American barber and resident of Natchez whose diary has been published. Melrose was the estate of John T. McMurran, a lawyer, state senator, and planter who lived in Natchez from 1830 until the Civil War.
For years prior to the American Civil War, slave-holding Mississippi had voted heavily for the Democrats, especially as the Whigs declined in their influence. During the 1860 presidential election, the state supported Southern Democrat candidate John C. Breckinridge, giving him 40,768 votes (59.0% of the total of 69,095 ballots cast).
Emmitt Y. Riley, a Mississippi native and an associate professor of political science and Africana studies at DePauw University, says one reason that Civil War myths like the Devil’s Punchbowl ...
[2] [3] However, the scale of the tragedy has been disputed by multiple historians, with history professor Jim Wiggins arguing the 20,000 estimate is baseless and inflated tenfold, [4] and author and activist Ser Seshsh Ab Heter-Clifford M. Boxley referring to the story as "concocted Confederate propaganda" aiming to cast the Union Army in a ...
Rosalie Mansion is a historic pre-Civil War mansion and historic house museum in Natchez, Mississippi.Built in 1823, it was a major influence on Antebellum architecture in the greater region, inspiring many of Natchez's grand Greek Revival mansions.
The 58th spent the remainder of the war at Natchez, and mustered out of service on March 8, 1866. [1] There is currently an effort underway to raise funds for a monument to the US Colored Troops who served at Natchez, including the 58th. [8] Combat casualties of the 58th Regiment: 4 killed, 6 wounded, 1 missing at Natchez (November 1863). [1]
The museum has hosted educational programs for visiting students. Staff have also contributed to educational events, such as the Black and Blue Civil War Living History Program, where museum Executive Director Darrell S. White portrayed Hiram Revels, a freedman who during the Civil War helped to raise two African-American regiments and later became the first African American to serve as a ...