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The Vicksburg massacre, sometimes referred to as the Vicksburg riot, [1] was a freedmen massacre on December 7, 1874, that continued until around January 5, 1875, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. An estimated 150–300 Black citizens, and 2 White citizens were killed during the violence.
In 1873 during the Reconstruction-era, Crosby was the first African American to be elected as sheriff in Warren County, Mississippi. [2] Crosby was forcibly removed from his office in December 1874 by an angry mob of White militia, the event is often referred to as the Vicksburg massacre. [3] [4] [5]
Vicksburg Sentinel: Vicksburg, Mississippi: The Vicksburg Sentinel was a Democratic paper and Ryan was killed by his rival Whig counterpart in a duel on their second fight. [14] September 15, 1848: John Jenkins: Vicksburg Sentinel: Vicksburg, Mississippi: Killed in a fight with an attorney after the two had a previous altercation. [13] June 22 ...
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Vicksburg: Grant's Campaign that Broke the Confederacy. New York, New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4516-4139-4. Walker's advance to Milliken's Bend is described in Shea, William L.; Winschel, Terrence J. (2003). Vicksburg Is the Key: The Struggle for the Mississippi River. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.
A Columbia man was charged with first-degree murder and other charges after his wife was found dead in a vehicle that crashed into a building in Hattiesburg.
The Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as four or more people shot in one incident (not including the shooter), reports more than 14,000 people killed and over 29,000 injured in 2017.
Formed in 1862, the regiment was sent to defend the strategic points of Vicksburg and Port Hudson along the Mississippi River. After the surrender of Confederate forces at Vicksburg on July 4, 1863, the various companies of the 1st Light Artillery were dispersed and saw action across the Western theater of the American Civil War , although they ...