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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).
Visual guide to Mississippi River nomenclature 1862 map of the Mississippi published in Harper's Weekly. This is a list of notable places on the Mississippi River between roughly St. Louis, Mo. and the Gulf of Mexico at the time of the American Civil War, listed from north to south.
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The American Civil War began in 1861. The 13th Amendment, effective December 6, 1865, abolished slavery in the U.S. In the United States before 1865, a slave state was a state in which slavery and the internal or domestic slave trade were legal, while a free state was one in which they were prohibited. Between 1812 and 1850, it was considered ...
Western Theater map at The Photographic History of the Civil War. The Western Theater was an area defined by both geography and the sequence of campaigning. It originally represented the area east of the Mississippi River and west of the Appalachian Mountains.
United States map of 1865, show affiliation of states and territories regarding the Secession War (Civil War.) ... (Civil War.) Legend: ... Blank US Map.svg: 09:50, 6 ...
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
Mexican–American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848 Second state to declare secession from the United States on January 9, 1861; Founding state of the Confederate States of America on February 8, 1861; American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865 Mississippi in the American Civil War. Siege of Corinth, April 29 – May 30, 1862