Showing posts with label mississippi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mississippi. Show all posts
Saturday, June 28, 2014

4th of July Fireworks are underway!

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4th of July Fireworks for 2014 are underway! 4th of July fireworks are underway across the South! Tonight (Saturday, 6/28/2014) is the...
Monday, March 17, 2014

Mississippi's Singing River - The Mysterious Song of the Pascagoula

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The Pascagoula - Mississippi's "Singing River" Roughly 80 miles long and draining an area of 8,800 square miles along the ...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Some new Ghost Stories for Halloween 2013!

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The Ghost of Bellamy Bridge Marianna, Florida One of the most popular pages at ExploreSouthernHistory.com is our collection of stories ...
Thursday, July 4, 2013

The Fall of Vicksburg, 150 years ago today (July 4, 1863)

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Vicksburg, Mississippi 150 years ago today, the Confederacy's "Gibraltar of the Mississippi" fell to the army of Maj. Gen....
Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Fireworks across the South Tonight (7/3/2013)

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4th of July Fireworks explode over the South Courtesy Pine Bluff Festival Fireworks are set to launch at locations all across the South ...
Monday, July 1, 2013

Vicksburg and Port Hudson - The "other" battles of July 1863

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Confederate Cannon and the Mississippi River at Vicksburg The nation is remembering the Battle of Gettysburg this week, and appropriatel...
Saturday, June 29, 2013

4th of July Fireworks continue Tonight!

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Fireworks over Arkansas Courtesy Pine Bluff Festival Association 4th of July Fireworks continue around the South tonight, with a wide...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Grants Grand Assault on Vicksburg (May 22, 1863)

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Railroad Redoubt at Vicksburg, Mississippi Blue (U.S.) and Red Signs (C.S.) show the scene of hand to hand fighting. 150 years ago today...
Sunday, May 19, 2013

Sherman's Attack on Vicksburg (May 19, 1863)

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Stockade Redan and Scene of Sherman's Attack As the sun set over the high bluffs of Vicksburg, Mississippi, 150 years ago tonight, d...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Tennessee Williams Boyhood Home - Columbus, Mississippi

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Tennessee Williams Birthplace & Boyhood Home Columbus, Mississippi The famed American writer Tennessee Williams was born in this Vic...
Sunday, July 15, 2012

Stephen D. Lee Home & Museum - Columbus, Mississippi

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Stephen D. Lee Home in Columbus, Mississippi Stephen D. Lee was a remarkable soldier, political leader, preservationist and educator. At...
Thursday, July 12, 2012

Waverly - Mississippi's Haunted & Historic Mansion

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Waverly Mansion An architectural wonder, Waverly Mansion was once the center of a vast Mississippi cotton plantation. Still a private re...
Thursday, February 2, 2012

Beauvoir in Biloxi, Mississippi - Final Home of President Jefferson Davis

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Beauvoir, Final Home of Jefferson Davis One of the most beautiful landmarks of the Mississippi Gulf Coast is the appropriately named Bea...
Sunday, January 29, 2012

Biloxi Lighthouse - A Symbol of Mississippi Courage and Strength

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Biloxi Lighthouse The shining white tower of the Biloxi Lighthouse has survived two of the three worst hurricanes ever to hit the United...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

April 26th - Birthday of John James Audubon

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Audubon in 1826 Today marks the 226th anniversary of the birth of famed naturalist John James Audubon, whose footprints can still be tr...
Thursday, July 22, 2010

Elizabeth Female Academy - A Reminder of Audubon in Mississippi

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John James Audubon is remembered today as one of the finest naturalists ever to explore the North American continent. He is memorialized in ...
Thursday, July 15, 2010

Mount Locust Inn & Plantation - Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi

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Mount Locust, located atop a hill at the 15.5 mile marker of the Natchez Trace Parkway, is one of the most important historic sites along th...
Friday, June 18, 2010

Battle of Booneville - Booneville, Mississippi

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On July 1, 1862, Confederate cavalry forces led by General James R. Chalmers attacked Union cavalry forces at Booneville, Mississippi. The b...
Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Raymond, Mississippi - Historic Sites & Points of Interest

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Located just 17 minutes from downtown Jackson and 30 minutes from Vicksburg, the historic city of Raymond is one of the most charming commun...
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Monday, April 26, 2010

Battle of Shiloh - Shiloh, Tennessee

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Editor: We are posting on Civil War sites in the South in recognition of Confederate History Month. As bloody as the fighting was at place...