

Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lauderdale County, Mississippi.= Official Website =The county was created December 23, 1833 from the Choctaw Cession. It was named for Colonel James Lauderdale, who was killed at the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812. Adjacent Counties * Kemper County * Sumter County, Ala. * Choctaw County, Ala. * Clarke County * Newton County ...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Lauderdale County, Alabama.= Official Website =Lauderdale County was established in 1818 and was named in honor of Colonel James Lauderdale, of Tennessee. Four Alabama governors were from the county - Hugh McVay, Robert M. Patton, Edward A. O'Neal and Emmett O'Neal. Adjacent Counties * Colbert County * Hardin County, Tenn. * Wayne Co...
The Battle of Fort Pillow, also known as the Fort Pillow Massacre , was fought on April 12, 1864, at Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River in Henning, Tennessee , during the American Civil War . The battle ended with a massacre of Union soldiers attempting to surrender, by soldiers under the command of Confederate Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest . Military historian David J. Eicher concluded: "...
Wikipedia The University of North Alabama (UNA) is a coeducational university located in Florence, Alabama. It is the state's oldest four-year public university. Occupying a 130-acre campus in a residential section of Florence, UNA is located within a four-city area that also includes Tuscumbia, Sheffield and Muscle Shoals. The four cities comprise a metropolitan area with a combined populati...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Lauderdale County, Tennessee. Official Website Lauderdale County was created in 1835 and was named for Lieutenant Colonel James Lauderdale, who was killed at the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812. Planters developed large cotton plantations along the waterways, and used slaves in gangs to work and process this commodity cro...
Please add profiles of those interred in Lauderdale Springs CSA Cemetery, Lauderdale, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Find a Grave Lauderdale Coms