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In Natchez and other cities, although the local newspapers and war veterans played a role in the maintenance of the Lost Cause, elite white women were particularly important—especially in establishing cemeteries and memorials, such as the Civil War monument dedicated on Memorial Day 1890.
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 Devil's Punchbowl was a concentration camp created in Natchez, Mississippi during the American Civil War to provide temporary housing and assistance to the freed slaves. Description [ edit ]
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.
The Natchez revolt, or the Natchez massacre, was an attack by the Natchez Native American people on French colonists near present-day Natchez, Mississippi, on November 28, 1729. The Natchez and French had lived alongside each other in the Louisiana colony for more than a decade prior to the incident, mostly conducting peaceful trade and ...
Natchez, Mississippi: Adams: 89002322 Glenfield Plantation: Natchez: Adams: Built in two distinct architectural periods 1797-1840s, this English Gothic estate rest on the original 150 acres Spanish land grant and witnessed a civil war skirmish on the grounds with a bullet hole through the original door denoting this fact. 99000499 Glenwild ...
Though Natchez, Mississippi, surrendered to Union troops, a skirmish during the Civil War was held here on the grounds of Glenfield (then Glencannon). A bullet hole in the front door and other preserved artifacts, including medals and buttons, have been recovered on the grounds in evidence of these facts. [ 6 ]
Newton Knight (November 10, 1829 – February 16, 1922) was an American farmer, soldier, and Southern Unionist in Mississippi, best known as the leader of the Knight Company, a band of Confederate Army deserters who resisted the Confederacy during the Civil War.