Ruins of Windsor - Port Gibson, Mississippi
In 1859 Smith Coffee Daniel II began construction of Windsor which was completed in 1861. Slave labor was used for the basic construction of the home. Skilled carpenters were brought in from New England to some of the woodwork; the iron stairs, column capitals and balustrades were manufactured in St. Louis and shipped down the Mississippi to the Port of Bruinsburg which was several miles west of Windsor. The total cost of the mansion was $175,000 in 1861!! Well over 3 Million dollars today.
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Tupelo National Battlefield - Tupelo, Mississippi
On July 14, 1864 The Battle of Tupelo began at 7:30 in the morning when the Confederates began a series of disorganized charges against the Federal position. These attacks were beaten back as were the attacks that they tried on the other line. There were heavy losses with out the Confederates gaining any success. After dark, the Confederates made another attack from the south without significant effect.
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Brice’s Cross Roads - Baldwyn, Mississippi
The battle of Brice’s Cross Roads was a battle created by the General Sherman to divert Maj. General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s cavalry corp. to the northern area of Mississippi and away from the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad so in the Spring of 1864 he sent Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis and a force of 8,100 to move out of Memphis and threaten north Mississippi.
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Corinth Interpretive Center - Corinth, Mississippi
This small Mississippi town of less than 400 people in 1860 was initially known as Cross City due to it’s location of the Memphis and Charleston and the Mobile and Ohio Railroads during the 1850’s. It was at this location that on April 6-7, 1862 the terrible battle of Shiloh was fought.
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Fork of the Road - Negro Trafficking Site - Natchez, Mississippi
In the 1850’s Natchez was one of the sites for selling slaves, although they called it Negro Trading. The story of the trafficking comes at a huge price to those that were taken away from their homes and families, many to never see them again.
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Eudora Welty House - Jackson, Mississippi
This literary house museum is the home of Eudora Welty, Pulitzer Prize winning author, who lived in Jackson in this house for over 76 years. The Tudor Revival house features high ceilings and a central stairwell filled with light from the hallway windows upstairs.
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Grand Village of the Natchez Indians - Natchez, Mississippi
The Grand Village of the Natchez Indians was considered the ceremonial center of the tribe. This tribe was among the last American Indian groups to inhabit the area now known as southwestern Mississippi. Evidence shows that the Natchez Indian culture began as early as 700 AD and lasted until the 1730’s when the tribe was dispersed in a war with the French and the effects of the white man’s diseases brought over by De Soto to the area.
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Manship House Museum - Jackson, Mississippi
This house is one of the few remaining antebellum houses in Jackson. Enter the doors and you will be walked through life of a middle class family in the 19th century, what life was like to maintain the home from season to season.
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Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum - Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson has a long history of agriculture and forestry that is displayed in the museum. Take a step back in time and cross a rustic bridge from the parking area and enter a bygone era.
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Medgar Evers Home Museum - Jackson, Mississippi
Medgar Evers was one of the first civil rights worker that was assassinated due to his work to bring equality to the African American population in the United States. Although the home that he and his family lived in is not grand, it’s evidence of little wealth but a great deal of power. The house does not inspire awe, it’s the story of the man that lived there that brings to life the struggle he fought and the principles he lived by that make you realize the importance of such a dwelling.
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