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Wikipedia The University of Southern Mississippi, known informally as Southern Miss, is a public research university located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It is situated 70 miles north of Gulfport, Mississippi and 105 miles northeast of New Orleans, Louisiana. Southern Miss is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to award baccalaur...
Come build their trees from the roots up, because like the man says .... "The blues are the roots; everything else is the fruits." - Willie Dixon Blues Hall of Fame inductees: Wikipedia Hall of Fame Inductees Musician Biographies from the PBS Series, The Blues Luther Allison Duane Allman Jeff Beck Elvin Bishop Mike Bloomfield Joe Bonamassa David Bromberg Big Bill Br...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Marshall County, Mississippi. Official Website Founded in 1836, Marshall County borders Tennessee and was named for Supreme Court justice John Marshall Adjacent Counties Fayette County, Tennessee Benton County Union County Shelby County, Tennessee DeSoto County Lafayette County Tate County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Kemper County, Mississippi. Official Website Land in the area was developed in the 19th century by white planters for cotton cultivation. Blacks have comprised the majority of the county population since before the American Civil War. After the American Civil War and Reconstruction, racial violence increased as whites struggled to...
The following cemetery list was sent in by Jim Shotts, Joyce Tucker, Bobbie Waters and Bonnie Evans. This cemetery was recorded by McRae Limerick in March 1985. It was also recorded by Bonnie Evans on Jul 15, 2003. Printed with permission of Mr. M. Limerick and Bonnie Evans. This cemetery is very difficult to find unless one already knows how: located in T10N, R16E, S19 of Kemper County, it ca...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Scott County, Mississippi. Official Website The county was created in 1833 and was named for Abram M. Scott, the Governor of Mississippi from 1832 to 1833. On October 23–25, 1898, a "race war" erupted in Harperville, an unincorporated community in Scott County, after blacks resisted one of their community being arrested for an alle...
Wikipedia =Mississippi during the Southern War for Independence.See these related projects as well for other details:==Battles== Battle of Brice's Cross Roads, Baldwyn, Mississippi (June 10, 1864)
The Battle of Champion Hill (aka The Battle of Champion's Hill) of May 16, 1863, was the pivotal battle in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Union Army commander Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Tennessee pursued the retreating Confederate States Army under Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton and defeated it twenty miles to the east of Vicksburg, Mississippi, le...
The Battle of Brice's Cross Roads, also known as the Battle of Tishomingo Creek or the Battle of Guntown , was fought on Friday, June 10, 1864, near Baldwyn, Mississippi, then part of the Confederate States of America . A Federal expedition from Memphis, Tennessee , of 4,800 infantry and 3,300 cavalry, under the command of Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis , was defeated by a Confederate force of 3,...
This project is about the Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863) was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. In a series of maneuvers, Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate Army of Vicksburg led by Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton into the ...
The Battle of Jackson was fought on May 14, 1863, in Jackson, Mississippi , as part of the Vicksburg campaign during the American Civil War . After entering the state of Mississippi in late April 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant of the Union Army moved his force inland to strike at the strategic Mississippi River town of Vicksburg, Mississippi . The Battle of Raymond, which was fought on May 12...
The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, also called the Battle of Walnut Hills , fought December 26–29, 1862, was the opening engagement of the Vicksburg Campaign during the American Civil War . Confederate forces under Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton repulsed an advance by Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman that was intended to lead to the capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi . On December 26, three Union div...
This is an umbrella project for all projects related to Jews from Mississippi .Some references:Turitz, Leo E. and Evelyn, Jews in Early Mississippi. Jackson, University Press of Mississippi, 2nd ed. (c) 1995. Mississippi History Now: Jews in Mississippi "The Alsace-Lorraine Jewish Experience in Louisiana and the Gulf South" by Anny Bloch-Raymond ]]]
Wikipedia Tougaloo College is a private, co-educational, historically black, liberal arts institution of higher education founded in 1869, in Madison County, north of Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Originally established by New York–based Christian missionaries for the education of freed slaves and their offspring, from 1871 until 1892 the college served as a teachers' training school fun...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Monroe County, Mississippi.= Official Website =Monroe County was founded in 1821 and was named in honor of James Monroe, fifth President of the United States. Adjacent Counties * Lowndes County * Clay County * Chickasaw County * Lee County * Itawamba County * Marion County, Ala. * Lamar County, Ala.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lawrence County, Mississippi.= Official Website =Formed December 22, 1814, the county was named for the naval hero James Lawrence. Adjacent Counties * Jefferson Davis County * Simpson County * Marion County * Copiah County * Lincoln County * Walthall County Towns & Communities *Arm*Jayness*Monticello (County Seat)
For people who worked at Winn Dixie Grocery StoresWinn-Dixie Stores, Inc. is an American supermarket chain based in Jacksonville, Florida.[2] Winn-Dixie has ranked number 24 in the 2010 "Top 75 North American Food Retailers" based on FY2009 estimated sales of $7.3 billion by Supermarket News.[3] and was ranked the 45th largest retailer in the United States based on 2012 revenues by Stores magaz...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jones County, Mississippi. Official Website The county was created in 1826 and named after John Paul Jones, the early American Naval hero who rose from humble Scottish origin to military success during the American Revolution. The Free State of Jones During the American Civil War, Jones County and Covington County, to its west, ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi. Official Website The county was created on March 31, 1906 and was named after Mississippi Senator and Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Adjacent Counties Covington County Lamar County Simpson County Lawrence County Marion County Towns & Communities Bassfield Carson ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Mississippi. Official Website Founded in 1799, the county was named for U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. Adjacent Counties & Parishes Claiborne County Copiah County Lincoln County Franklin County Adams County Tensas Parish Cities, Towns & Communities Ashland Cannonsburg
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jasper County, Mississippi. Official Website Jasper County was formed in 1833 and was named for Sgt. William Jasper who distinguished himself in the defense of Fort Moultrie in 1776 during the American Revolutionary War. During the antebellum years, cotton was cultivated with slave labor on large plantations in the county. This was...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jackson County, Mississippi. Official Website The county was formed in 1812 and named for Andrew Jackson, general in the United States Army and afterward President of the United States. The county was severely damaged by both Hurricane Camille in August 1969 and Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, which caused catastrophic effects...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in the city of Jackson, Mississippi. Official Website History The region that is now the city of Jackson was historically part of the large territory occupied by the Choctaw Nation, the historic culture of the Muskogean-speaking indigenous peoples who had inhabited the area for thousands of years before European colonization. The Cho...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hinds County, Mississippi. Official Website The county is named for General Thomas Hinds, a hero of the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. Adjacent Counties Copiah County Claiborne County Warren County Madison County Rankin County Yazoo County Cities, Towns & Communities
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Walthall County, Mississippi. Official Website The county was created in 1910 and was named after Civil War Confederate general and Mississippi Senator Edward C. Walthall. Adjacent Counties Lawrence County Marion County Washington Parish, Louisiana Lincoln County Pike County Towns & Communities Darbun Dexte...