Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Adams County, MS
Date Type
John Anthony Quitman, Mexican War general and Mississippi advocate of secession, dies on his plantation in Natchez Personal
Natchez, Mississippi surrenders to U.S. Navy gunboats Battles/Soldiers
U.S. Navy gunboats demand the surrender of Natchez, Mississippi Battles/Soldiers
Union troops occupy Natchez, Mississippi, further ensuring the opening of the Mississippi River Battles/Soldiers
Birthplace of
Burial Place of
Date Title
New York Times, “Escape of Negroes,” December 12, 1857
Stephen Duncan to Mary Duncan, August 25, 1863, Natchez, Mississippi.
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