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HISTORY OF
MISSISSIPPI
THE HEART OF THE SOUTH
By
Dunbar Rowland, LL.D.
Director of the Mississippi State Department of
Archives and History
VOLUME I - HISTORY
VOLUME II - HISTORY - Continued
ILLUSTRATED
Chicago-Jackson
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1925
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VOLUME I -
VOLUME II
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION |
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CHAPTER I - PHYSICAL FEATURES OF
MISSISSIPPI |
23 |
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-
Water-Sheds of Mississippi
- The Mississippi River Front
- Width and Depth of Bottom Lands
- Origin of the Name Mississippi
- Surface Geology and the Soils of Mississippi
- Foundation of the Agricultural Soils
- Tertiary Deposits and Fertilizers
- Cretaceous Period and Rotten Limestone
- The Prairie Lands of the State
- Other Regional Descriptions
- Commercial Stones of the Carboniferous Era
- Springs, Wells and Mineral Waters |
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CHAPTER II - ABORIGINES OF
MISSISSIPPI |
43 |
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-
Archaeology of Mississippi
- In the Mississippi Valley
- The Pearl
- Sacred Mound of the Choctaws
- Erection of the Mound
- Resting Place for the Sacred Pole
- History of Nanih Waiya
- The Chickasaws and the Tombigbee Valley
- Indian Tribes of Mississippi
- The Choctaws
- The Warlike, Unconquerable Chickasaws
- Chickasaw Customs
- Customs and Characteristics of the Natchez
- Minor Mississippi Tribes |
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CHAPTER III - LEGENDS, MYTHS AND
ELOQUENCE OF MISSISSIPPI INDIANS |
78 |
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-
The Legend of Atala
- The Romance of Stel-O-Na and the Sieur De Mace
- Legend of the Natchez Chief of the Beard
- The Chief of the Beard's War Song
- Biloxi Indian Legends, the Garden of Eden
- How the Dog Delivered Man
- The Wolf and the Opossum
- Pascagoula Indian Legend
- Legend of the Cherokee Rose
- The Ring in the Tree
- The Legend of Pushmataha's Birth
- Eloquence of Mississippi Indians
- Natchez Indian Eloquence, Speech of an Old Chief
- Choctaw Indian Eloquence, Speech of Alibamo Mingo
- Speech of Pushmataha
- Speech of Colonel Cobb
- Chickasaw Indian Eloquence, Speech of
Paya Mattaha
- Creek Indian Eloquence, Speech of
Yahatastanake |
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CHAPTER IV - SPANISH EXPLORERS |
106 |
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-
Expedition of Hernando de Soto
- Landing at Tampa
- Fierce Battle of Mauvilla
- Battle of Chicaca
- Spaniards Beach and Cross the Mississippi |
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CHAPTER V - FRENCH EXPLORERS |
122 |
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-
Marquette and Joliet
- Robert Cavalier De La Salle
- La Salle, the Father of the
Mississippi
- La Salle and Tonti at the Mississippi
- Tonti
- Pierre Le Moyne D'Iberville
- His Expedition
- Finds the Mouth of the Mississippi
- Explores that Stream
- Erection of Fort Maurepas and Settlement of Old Biloxi |
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CHAPTER VI - FRENCH DOMINION |
165 |
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-
Bienville's Discoveries and Explorations
- "The English Turn"
- Iberville's Expedition of 1700 to the Mississippi
- Colonial Capital Transferred from Biloxi to Mobile
- Death of Iberville
- Bienville's Troublous Decade,
1702-1712
- The Mississippi Country Under Crozat's Grant
- Fort Rosalie and the Natchez Settlement
- Natchez District and Fort Rosalie
- The Colony Under the Western (Mississippi) Company
- Bienville, as Governor General, Founds New Orleans
- Concessions Located and Settled
- The Capture of Pensacola
- Re-Establishment of old Biloxi
- The Casket Girls
- The Colonial Capital Established at New Biloxi
- Large Migration to Natchez and Yazoo Districts
- Disagreements With Superiors
- Collapse of the Western Company
- Colonial Capital Established at New Orleans
- Distressing Conditions
- Bienville Discredited
- Perier's Administration and the Natchez Massacre
- Extermination of the Natchez
- Again a Royal Province
- Mississippi Both French and English
- Bienville is Again Made Governor of the Province and the
Chickasaw Wars Follow
- Retirement of Bienville
- Vaudreuil Succeeds Bienville
- Choctaw Nation Divided into Factions
- Province of Louisiana Under Kerlerec
- Romance of the French Period |
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CHAPTER VII - BRITISH DOMINION |
253 |
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-
Military and Civil Government of Major Robert
Farmar
- The Johnstone Administration,
1764-66
- Fort Rosalie Becomes Fort Panmure
- British Occupy Fort Chartres
- Indian Treaty of 1765
- Predecessors of Peter Chester
- Peter Chester, Governor
- Large British Immigration
- Establishment of Protestantism
- Royalists and Patriots
- Anthony Hutchins
- Natchez, Anglo-Saxon Nucleus of the
Mississippi Valley
- Revolutionary War Reaches Natchez
- One of the American Boats Attacked by Royalists
- West Florida Possessed by Spain
- English Land Grants in Mississippi |
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CHAPTER VIII - SPANISH DOMINION |
285 |
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-
The British Revolt of 1781
- Administration of Don Bernardo De Galvez
- Conflicting Territorial Claims
- Introduction of Estevan Miro
- Other Commandants of the Natchez
District
- Spanish Land Grants
- The Natchez District in 1785
- Administrative Changes
- Relations With the British
- Natchez District Claimed as Georgia County
- Andrew Jackson in the Natchez District
- Administration of Estevan Miro
- Western Demands for a Free Mississippi
- Colonel Wilkinson Suggests Spanish-Western Alliance
- Kentucky Crowds Out Natchez Tobacco
- Natchez in 1790
- Fort Nogales
- Administration of Carondelet
- Spanish-Western Conspiracy fails
- American Boundary Commissioner Arrives
- Ellicott's First Astronomical Observations
- Commencement of Spanish Delays
- Spanish Posts Strengthened
- Ellicott's Escort Strengthened
- Other Spanish Excuses for Delay
- Spaniards Retreat to Fort Panmure
- Committee of Public Safety Organized
- Permanent Committee Formed
- Gayoso Commissioned Governor General
- The End of Spanish Rule
- Southern Boundary at Length Surveyed
- A Personal Link Between Spain and America
- Spanish Census of the Natchez District, 1792
- Provincial Government |
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CHAPTER IX - SARGENT ADMINISTRATION,
1798 - 1801 |
337 |
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-
Mississippi Territory Created
- Organization of Government
- Administration of Winthrop Sargent
- The Governor's Address
- Regulation of the Militia
- Temporary Government Organized
- Relations With Spanish Louisiana
- Early Laws of the Mississippi Territory
- Adams and Pickering counties created
- The Port of Natchez
- Sargents Enemies become Active
- First Territorial Election
- The Government Left With Secretary Steele |
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CHAPTER X - ADMINISTRATION OF W. C.
C. CLAIBORNE |
376 |
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-
Governor Claiborne Arrives at Natchez
- First General Assembly, Second Session
- County Organization
- Breaking up of the Mason-Harp Robber Band
- Territorial Capital Moved to Washington
- Jefferson College Founded
- Fort Dearborn and Defence
- Death of First Territorial Delegate
- Sifting Mississippi Land Claims
- Madison Defines Scope of Inquiry
- The Second General Assembly Convenes
- Territorial Land Offices Opened
- Election of Territorial Delegate
- Municipal Incorporation of Natchez
- Second Session
- Second General Assembly
- Taking Over an Empire
- Administration of Cato West
- Extension of the Territory |
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CHAPTER XI - WILLIAMS AND MEAD
ADMINISTRATIONS - 1805 - 1809 |
404 |
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-
Cession of Great South Mississippi Tract
- Vital Disturbances of 1805-7
- The Kemper Affair
- Governor Williams Leaves For North Carolina
- Mead's Administration
- Aaron Burr in Mississippi
- The Arrest of Burr
- Toulmin's Digest of Laws
- Land Offices Closed
- Change in the Suffrage Laws
- Dissolving the Legislatures
- Natchez in 1808 |
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CHAPTER XII - DAVID HOLMES, LAST
TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR (1809 - 1817) |
442 |
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-
Governor David Holmes
- The Governor's Removal to Mississippi
- The Sixth General Assembly
- First Territorial Bank
- Wilkinson's Military Administration Under Examination
- Revolution in the Gulf Coast Country
- Mississippi in the War of 1812
- Opening of the Creek War
- The Massacre at Fort Mims
- Mississippi Cavalry Sent to the Front
- Jackson Marches Down from Tennessee
- Claiborne's Service Concluded
- Jackson's Advance to Pensacola
- British Occupy Mississippi Sound
- Defense of New Orleans
- Last Territorial Assemblies
- Approaching Statehood
- List of Territorial Officials |
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CHAPTER XIII - MISSISSIPPI ASSUMES
STATEHOOD |
482 |
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-
Act Authorizing A State Government
- The Constitutional Convention of 1817
- The Constitution of 1817
- Final Steps in the Creation of the State
- First Session of the State Legislature
- Judicial Appointments and Elections
- Reassembling of the General Assembly
- The Elizabeth Female Academy
- Mississippi's Aid to Texas
- Conclusion of Governor Holmes' State Administration |
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CHAPTER XIV - LEADING FIGURES IN THE
STATE'S EARLY HISTORY |
507 |
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-
Commencement of Poindexter's Administration
- The New Purchase
- The First Session of the General Assembly of 1821
- Death and Burial of Pushmataha
- Locating the New State Capital
- Hinds and Monroe Counties created
- General Elections Fund and Chancery Court
- Creation of Orphans' Court and Superior Court of Chancery
- The Poindexter Code
- Special Session of June, 1822
- Jackson the Capital of the State
- The Election of 1823
- Improvements of Waterways and Roadways
- Lafayette's Visit to the State
- The Death of Governor Leake
- Mount Salus, Home of Governor Leake |
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CHAPTER XV - EXPANSION AND INFLATION |
542 |
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-
Brandon and his First Administration
- Holmes' Last Administration
- Mississippi's Position on Slavery
- Brandon Called to the Governorship Again
- Second term as Acting Governor
- Finances and Taxes
- Governor By Election
- Andrew Jackson Visits Capital
- Important Legislation of 1829
- Board of Internal Improvement Created
- Forcing the Indians Westward
- Revival of Education
- Financial Matters of 1830
- The Need of a New Constitution
- The Fall Election of 1831
- Building Railroads
- Close of Governor Brandon's Career |
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CHAPTER XVI - THE STATE UNDER THE
CONSTITUTION OF 1832 |
565 |
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-
The constitutional Convention of 1832
- Regulation of Slaves as Property
- The Elections of 1832 and 1833
- Conclusion of Governor Scott's Administration
- Last Indian Lands Ceded to State
- Governor Scott's Death From Cholera
- Changes of Administration
- First Year of the Runnels Administration
- Contest Over the United States Senatorships
- Former Choctaw Chief, Carroll County Representative
- Poindexter's Decline
- Walker's Ascent
- John A. Quitman Acting Governor
- Lynch's Administration
- Mississippians in the Texas Revolution
- Extra Legislative Session of January, 1837
- The Crash of 1837
- The Elections of 1837-38
- The Choctaws and Chickasaws in 1837 |
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CHAPTER XVII - CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT
OF THE COMMONWEALTH |
599 |
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-
Governor McNutt's First Administration
- Temporary Relief Through the Union Bank
- Proposed Financial Alliance With England
- State Library and State Teachers' Association
- Public Buildings Near Completion
- Rights of Married Women
- New United States Senators and Congressmen
- Finances in 1838-39
- State and Presidential Elections
- The Governor's Attack on the Union Bank
- Lining Up the Banks
- Railroad Works Protected
- Other Events of 1840
- Repudiation of Union Bank Bonds
- Governor Tucker and His Administration
- First Occupant of Governor's Mansion
- The Killing of Hagan
- Retirement of Governor Tucker
- Election of Governor Brown
- The First Brown Administration
- Planters' Bank in Liquidation
- Statute of Limitations Passed
- University of Mississippi Located
- Presidential Campaign of 1844
- Prentiss, Clay's Champion in Mississippi
- Governor Brown's Reelection
- Proposed System of Public Schools
- State Divided Into Congressional Districts
- The Mexican War and Mississippi Politics |
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CHAPTER XVIII - MISSISSIPPI IN THE
WAR WITH MEXICO |
651 |
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-
Foreign Complications Threatened
- Texas Adopts Congressional Resolutions
- Mexican and American Armies Advance
- Mexicans Open Hostilities
- First Mississippi Troops at the Front
- First Mississippi Infantry (Mississippi Rifles) Organize
- John A. Quitman to the Front
- The Battle of Monterey
- Buena Vista Won by the Mississippi Rifles
- Return of Colonel Davis and the Mississippi Rifles
- Second Mississippi Regiment and Reuben Davis
- Battalion of Riflemen, 1847-48
- General Quitman's Distinguished Military Career
- Major Earl Van Dorn
- A School of Practical Warfare |
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CHAPTER XIX - SECTIONAL ISSUES IN
MISSISSIPPI |
694 |
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-
Joseph W. Matthews Elected Governor
- Matthews on State's Rights
- Manipulation of State Finances
- Educational and Charitable Measures
- The Cholera of 1849
- Promotion of Charities
- Democrats and Whigs Unite in Convention (1849)
- Meetings of the State Nominating
Conventions
- The Convention of October, 1849
- Democrats Carry the General Election of 1849
- Overshadowing National Issues
- The Clay Compromise in Congress
- The Nashville Convention
- Congressional Adoption of the Compromise
- Fighting the Compromise in Mississippi
- John I. Guion, Governor Ad Interim
- James Whitfield, Another Governor
Ad Interim
- Foote Elected Governor
- Final State Position Further Defined
- The Foote-Pettus
Administration
- Democrats Back in Power
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CHAPTER XX - MISSISSIPPI RESISTS
COERCION |
748 |
|
-
Incoming of the McRae Administration
- Establishment of State Charities
- McRae's Second Term
- Amendments to State Constitution Adopted
- Consolidation of Levee Improvements
- The Rise of Lucius Q. C. Lamar
- Sectional Issues Reenter State Politics
- Gubernatorial Election of 1857
- L. Q. C. Lamar Elected to Congress
- Retirement of Governor McRae
- Commencement of the McWillie
Administration
- Death of John A. Quitman
- Special Session of 1858
- John J. Pettus Elected Governor
- John Brown's Raid Intensifies National Issues
- First Term of Governor Pettus
- Marshalling of the Political Forces in
1860
- The Legislature Calls a Secession Convention
- Mississippi Passes Ordinance of Secession
- Effect and Progress of Secession Movement
- Withdrawal of the Congressional Delegation
- Text of the Ordinance of Secession
- Conforming to the New Conditions
- Mississippi Formally Enters the Confederacy
- War Approaching Home Soil
- The War in Mississippi
- Conclusion of the Pettus Administration
- Effects of Emancipation |
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CHAPTER XXI - LAST CONFEDERATE
ADMINISTRATION |
811 |
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-
Gen. Charles Clark Elected Governor
- Capital Moved to Columbus
- Inauguration of Governor Clark
- Mixed Civil and Military Governments
- Federal Occupation in 1863
- Attempted Union Control of Cotton
- Union Camps of Freemen
- Capital of Mississippi Moved to Macon
- Last Struggles of the War in Mississippi
- Task Assigned to General Forrest
- Mississippi Accepts Results of the War
- Confederate Congressmen |
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CHAPTER XXII - MISSISSIPPI IN THE WAR
FOR SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE |
839 |
|
-
Mississippi's First Military Movements
- Organization and Distribution of Mississippi Troops
- Closing in on Vicksburg
- The Arkansas and her Fate
- Land Operations in Spring and Summer of 1862
- Position of Troops in North Mississippi
- The Battle of Iuka
- Battle of Corinth
- Second Attempt on Vicksburg Planned
- The Holly Springs Raid
- Vicksburg Again Defended
- Cutting Around Vicksburg
- Grierson's Troopers Lay Waste
- The State
- Federals Occupy Jackson
- The Battle of Champion Hill
- Final Siege of Vicksburg
- Jackson Again Occupied By Sherman
- Last of the War in Mississippi
- Battle Fields of Mississippi |
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ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME I
Author, Portrait of
- Frontispiece |
|
Mississippi River at
Natchez |
25 |
View of the
Tombigbee River at Columbus |
25 |
Nanih
Waiya, the Sacred Mound of the Choctaws, as it
Appeared in 1914. Taken from the West End |
49 |
Nanih Waiya,
the Sacred Mound of the Choctaws, as it Appeared in
1914. View from East End |
49 |
Display of Indian
Arrow-Heads and Spear Points from Yazoo County |
59 |
From a Collection of
Indian Arrow-Heads, Spear Points and Bird Points in
the State Museum |
59 |
Selected from a
Collection of Indian Pipes Preserved in the
Mississippi Department of Archives and History |
69 |
Frontispiece and
Title Page of "Atala," By M. de Chateaubriand |
79 |
Hernando De Soto |
107 |
Spanish Halbert,
Reputed to Be a Relic of the De Soto Expedition
Through, Mississippi in 1540 |
107 |
Scenes Along the
Route of De Soto in Tunicia County:
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|
Coldwater River, near the Ford Where De Soto
Crossed |
111 |
View of the Border of the Lowlands |
111 |
Buck Island Bayou, near the Indian Trail Traveled By
De Soto |
111 |
Bluffs Bordering the bottom |
111 |
Scenes Along the
Route of DeSoto in Tunica county: |
|
View of the Mississippi River Near the Point of
discovery |
115 |
View of De Soto Mound, Looking from the West |
115 |
View of Morass East of the Mounds at Which Were
Located the Indian Villages |
115 |
Lewis XVI,
King of France, from a Portrait |
123 |
Robert Cavalier
De La Salle, from a Portrait |
127 |
La Salle Taking
Possession of Louisiana in the Name of King Louis
XIV, April 9, 1682. From a painting by
T. de Thulstrup |
131 |
Governor General
Pierre Le Moyne D'Iberville |
137 |
First Settlement on
Mississippi Soil, Landing of the French Under
d'Iberville, April 8, 1699, at Old Biloxi or Fort
Maurepas |
141 |
First Colony Biloxi,
Fort Maurepas |
147 |
Back Bay of Biloxi |
147 |
Flag of France,
in colors |
165 |
Portion of De
Lisle's Carte De Louisiana, 1718 |
167 |
Jean-Baptiste Le
Moyne, Sieur De Bienville II, from a
portrait |
177 |
Site of Fort
Rosalie, Natchez |
195 |
John Law of
Lauriston, Founder of the Western Company, from a
Portrait |
201 |
An Ancient House of
Biloxi, Reputed to Have Been Built Early in the 18th
Century |
207 |
Old Cannon Taken
from a Vessel Sunk in the Back Bay of Biloxi |
207 |
Old French Fort,
Near Pascaoula |
213 |
Flag of England,
in colors |
253 |
Portion of Map Made
By Lieutenant Ross in 1765 |
257 |
Town and Fort of
Natchez (1787) |
257 |
Great Seal of the
British Province of West Flora |
267 |
Flag of Spain,
in colors |
285 |
"Concord," the Home
of the Spanish Governors |
299 |
Key of "Concord" |
299 |
A Marble Square from
the Floor of "Concord" |
299 |
Facsimile of a
Memorial to the King of Spain, Dated 1797 |
317 |
Flag of the United
States, in colors |
337 |
Winthrop Sargent,
from an Oil Portrait in the Mississippi Hall of Fame |
345 |
First Page of
Territorial Governor Winthrop Sargent's
Letter Book |
351 |
Proclamation of
Governor Winthrop Sergeant, 1800 |
357 |
Form of Military
Commission Issued By the Mississippi Territory in
1801 |
357 |
Title Page of
"Petition of Cato West and Others" Against the
Administration of Governor Winthrop Sargent |
367 |
Title Page of
Pamphlet Issued by Gov. Winthrop Sargent in
Defense of His Administration as Governor of the
Mississippi Territory |
367 |
Two Great Men Lie
Side by Side. tombs of Winthrop Sargent
and Seargeant S. Prentiss |
371 |
"Windy Hill Manor,"
Natchez, Where Aaron Burr Awaited Trial for
Treason in 1807 |
371 |
William C. C.
Claiborne, from an Oil Portrait in the
Mississippi Hall of Fame |
377 |
Jefferson College,
Washington |
387 |
Gov. Robert
Williams, from an Oil Portrait in the
Mississippi Hall of Fame |
405 |
Facsimile of the
Order for the Arrest of Aaron Burr |
417 |
Facsimile of the
Order Directing That Aaron Burr Be Sent to
Washington, D. C. |
417 |
Facsimile of a
Letter Relative to the Aaron Burr Expedition
to the Mississippi Territory |
423 |
Facsimile of the
Mississippi Messenger, February 11, 1806 |
429 |
Title Page of the
"Magistrates' Assistant," Compiled by Judge Harry
Toulmin |
435 |
Gov. David
Holmes, from an Oil Portrait in the Mississippi
all of Fame |
443 |
Document from
Silas Dinsmore |
449 |
Map of Washington,
the Territorial Capital of Mississippi, with
accompanying Document from Silas Dinsmore |
449 |
Facsimile Signatures
of Governors of Mississippi Territory |
480 |
Facsimile of the
First Page of the Journal of the Mississippi
Constitutional Convention of 1817 |
487 |
Facsimile of the
First Page of First Constitution of Mississippi
(1817) |
491 |
Facsimile of the
Last Pages of the Mississippi Constitution of 1817,
with signatures of the Members of the Constitutional
Convention |
495 |
Sugar Bowl, Tray and
Candle Snuffers of Gov. George Poindexter |
503 |
Governor George
Poindexter, from an Oil Portrait in the
Mississippi Hall of Fame |
509 |
Map Showing the Land
Donated By the United States to the State of
Mississippi for a Seat of Government |
513 |
Facsimile of
Original Manuscript Map of the City of Jackson as
Made By the Commission Charged With the Duty of
Locating a Capital for the State of Mississippi |
517 |
First Building in
Jackson and First State Capitol, Northeast Corner of
Capitol and President Streets |
523 |
Walking Cane
Presented in 1825 by the Marquis De Lafayette to
Gov. Walter Leake of Mississippi |
541 |
Governor Gerard
Chittocque Brandon, from an Oil Portrait in the
Mississippi Hall of Fame |
543 |
A Mississippi Bowie
Knife and Sheath |
559 |
Currency of the
Mississippi and Alabama Railroad Company |
559 |
Facsimile of the
First Page of the Mississippi Constitution of 1832 |
567 |
Dr. John W.
Monette, Mississippi Historian |
575 |
Governor Hiram G.
Runnels, from an Oil Portrait in the Mississippi
Hall of Fame |
581 |
"Monmouth," Natchez,
the Home of Gov. John A. Quitman |
598 |
Hon. Jacob
Thompson |
608 |
The Original
Governor's Mansion, Jackson (1842) |
627 |
Seargeant Smith
Prentiss, from an Oil Painting in the
Mississippi Hall of Fame |
641 |
Governor Albert
Gallatin Brown, from an Oil Portrait in the
Mississippi Hall of Fame |
653 |
Governor John
Anthony Quitman, from an Oil Portrait in the
Mississippi Hall of Fame |
663 |
Jefferson Davis,
at the Age of Thirty-two Years |
669 |
Facsimile of Letter
from Colonel Jefferson Davis to Governor A.
G. Brown |
673 |
"The Briars,"
Natchez, Where Jefferson Davis Was Married in
1845 |
679 |
"Stanton Hall,"
Natchez |
679 |
Knapsack Worn by
Senator James Z. George as a Soldier in the
War With Mexico |
685 |
Bullet Pouch Worn by
Charles H. Gibbs at the Battle of Buena Vista |
685 |
Sword Presented by
Col. Jefferson Davis to John Holt, a Private
in the First Mississippi Volunteers, War With
Mexico, for Gallantry in Action |
685 |
The Famous
"Mississippi Rifle" With Which the First Mississippi
Volunteers in the War With Mexico Under the Command
of Col. Jefferson Davis Were Armed |
685 |
Saddle Blanket and
Bags of General Valencia, a Mexican General,
Captured by a Young American Officer During the War
With Mexico, and Presented to Gen. John A.
Quitman |
685 |
Senator Robert J.
Walker |
689 |
Governor Joseph
W. Matthews, from an Oil Portrait in the
Mississippi Hall of Fame |
695 |
Central Rotunda
Under the Dome, New Capitol |
703 |
Ante Bellum Home,
Columbus |
725 |
Home of Gov. John
I. Guion, at the Northwest Corner of Capitol and
West Streets, Jackson |
725 |
Governor John
Isaac Guion, from an Oil Portrait in the
Mississippi Hall of Fame |
731 |
Governor James
Whitfield, from an Oil Portrait in the
Mississippi Hall of Fame |
735 |
Governor Henry
Stuart Foote, from an Oil Portrait in the
Mississippi Hall of Fame |
739 |
Governor John J.
McRae, from an Oil Portrait in the Mississippi
Hall of Fame |
743 |
A Type of the Young
Mississippi Woman of 1850. From "Dem Good Ole
Times," by Mrs. James H. Dooley, illustrated
by Suzanne Gutherz |
751 |
Senator L. Q. C.
Lamar, at Thirty-Seven Years of Age |
755 |
"Kirkwood," Madison
County. The Ante-Bellum Home of Governor
William McWillie |
761 |
Governor William
McWillie, from an Oil Portrait in the
Mississippi Hall of Fame |
765 |
Governor John J.
Pettus, from an Oil Portrait in the Mississippi
Hall of Fame |
769 |
A Type of the
Mississippi Woman, 1820-1860. From "Dem Good
Ole Times," by Mrs. James H. Dooley,
Illustrated by Suzanne Gutherz |
775 |
Magnolia State Fllat,
in colors |
776 |
Facsimile of "An
Ordinance to Dissolve the Union Between the State of
Mississippi and the Other States United With Her
Under the Compact Entitled The Constitution of the
United States" |
779 |
"Bonnie Blue" Flag,
in colors |
784 |
Colonel William
S. Barry |
787 |
Flag of the
Confederacy, in colors |
790 |
An Officer of the
Confederate States Army |
793 |
An Infantryman of
the Confederate States Army |
793 |
A Cavalryman of the
Confederate States Army |
793 |
Battle Flag of
Eighteenth Mississippi Regiment of Infantry, C. S.
A. |
797 |
Battle Flag of the
Nineteenth Mississippi Regiment of Infantry, C. S.
A. |
797 |
Currency of the
State of Mississippi Issued During the Confederate
Period. The Portrait is that of Governor J.
J. Pettus |
801 |
Bracelet, Watch
Charm, and Ring Made By a Mississippi Confederate
Officer While a Prisoner at Fort Delaware |
807 |
Flag of the
Fifteenth Mississippi Regiment of Infantry, C. S. A. |
807 |
Governor Charles
Clark, from an Oil Portrait in the Mississippi
Hall of Fame |
813 |
Capitols in 1863-64.
1, Courthouse, Columbus; 2, Calhoun Institute,
Macon; 3, Church, Columbus |
821 |
Confederate States
Bond, of August 20, 1862 |
827 |
Mississippi Bond of
February 20, 1865 |
833 |
Jefferson Davis
and His Generals |
841 |
Brig.-Gen. W. L.
Brandon |
849 |
Brig.-Gen.
Douglas H. Cooper |
849 |
Brig.-Gen. B. G.
Humphreys |
849 |
Brig.-Gen.
William Barksdale |
849 |
Brig.-Gen. M. P.
Lowrey |
849 |
Brig.-Gen.
W. S. Featherston |
849 |
Brig.-Gen.
Samuel Benton |
849 |
Brig.-Gen.
Wirt Adams |
849 |
Brig.-Gen.
J. R. Davis |
849 |
Dress Sword of Col.
L. Q. C. Lamar, of the Nineteenth Regiment of
Mississippi Infantry, C. S. A. |
859 |
Pistol and Holster
Worn by Col. Robert A. Smith When Mortally
Wounded at the Battle of Munfordsville |
859 |
Lee's Headquarters
at the Junction of Plank Road and Welford's Furnace
Road, Chancellorsville, Virginia |
859 |
Battle Flag of
Fourth Mississippi Regiment of Infantry, C. S. A. |
869 |
Flag of Duncan
Rifles, Third Battalion of Mississippi Infantry, C.
S. A. |
869 |
VOLUME II -
VOLUME I
CONTENTS
|
|
CHAPTER XXIII - ARMIES OF TENNESSEE
AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA |
11 |
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-
Mississippi in the Army of Tennessee
- The Battle of Shiloh-Chalmers' Brigade
- Mississippi Horsemen and Gunners
- Breckinridges Reserve Corps
- Death of Albert Sidney Johnston
- Caring for the Wounded in Battle
- General Call to the Confederate Colors
- The Battle of Murfreesboro
- General Chalmers Badly Wounded
- Chickamauga
- Siege and Battle of Chattanooga
- Georgia Campaign of 1864
- Final Actions of Army of Tennessee
- Battle of First Manassas
- "Enlisted for the War"
- The Sixteenth with Stonewall Jackson
- The Peninsula Campaign
- Sharpsburg and Fredericksburg
- General Lee Invades the North
- Mississippi at Gettysburg
- Barksdale's Brigade
- Picketts Charge
- Humphreys' Brigade with Army of Tennessee
- Closing Actions of the War
- Devotion of Mississippi Women |
|
CHAPTER XXIV - MISSISSIPPI OFFICERS,
ORGANIZATIONS AND MEN |
68 |
|
-
List of General Officers
- List of Regiments and Battalions
- Roster of Mississippi Soldiers, Army of Northern Virginia, Paroled at
Appomattox |
|
CHAPTER XXV - CONDITIONS IN
MISSISSIPPI AFTER THE WAR |
105 |
|
-
Mississippi's Fight for Home Rule
- Judge Sharkey Appointed Provisional Governor
- Sharkey's Administration
- Secession Ordinance Declared Null and Void
- Ante-Election Issues in Mississippi
- Election of General Humphreys
- Legislature of October 16 - December 6, 1865
- A Dual-Headed Government
- Two United States Senators Elected
- The Black Code of 1865
- The Thirteenth Amendment Rejected
- Bitter Fight Between Republican Politicians
- Parting of the Ways
- Action By Congress on Presidential Vetoes
- Home Affairs Preceding Legislative Session, 1866 - 67
- Martial Law Not Lifted
- Fourteenth Amendment Passes Congress
- The Legislature of October 15, '66-February 21, '67
- Request for the Release of Jefferson Davis from
Imprisonment
- Passage of the Reconstruction Acts
- Effects of Reconstruction Acts in Mississippi
- Majority of Negro Registrants
- Negro Vote Handled Through Loyal League
- Upon the Eve of the Convention
- Political Divisions
- Constitutional Convention of 1868
- First Rejection of the Constitution
- Governor Humphreys Forced from Office by the Military Arm
- Governor Humphreys' Family Ejected From the Mansion
- The Ames Provisional Administration
- Resubmission of the Constitution
- Admission of Mississippi's United Stats Senators |
|
CHAPTER XXVI - RECONSTRUCTION
CONTINUED |
159 |
|
-
Governor Alcorn Accepts The Situation
- Plans Too Large For Treasury
- First Financial Year of the "New Order"
- The Legislature of 1871
- Governor Alcorn Abandons the Field
- Racial Disorders of 1871
- The Meridian Riot of March 6, 1871
- The Enforcement Act
- The Close of the Year 1871
- The Inauguration of the Powers Administration
- Republican Rule Continued
- The General Elections of 1872
- Secretaryship of State Monopolized by Negroes
- The Ames-Alcorn Contest for Governor
- State Finances Under Negro Rule
- First Year of the Ames Administration
- Rebellion Against Misrule
- The The Vicksburg Riots of December, 1874
- Special Session of the Legislature
- The Taxpayers' Convention of 1875
- Response of Governor and Legislature
- The State Democracy Again in Action
- Political and Race Disorders
- The Election of November, 1875
- The Fall of Radical Republicanism
- Proceedings Making John M. Stone Governor. |
|
CHAPTER XXVII - DEMOCRATS IN
CONTROL |
206 |
|
-
First Steps in True Reconstruction
- The Finances of 1876
- Elections of 1876
- Mississippi at the Centennial Exposition
- The Legislature of 1877
- State Board of Health Organized
- The Democrats Unimpeded
- Legislative Session of 1878
- Last Scourge of Yellow Fever
- Elections of 1879 and 1880
- The Levee System
- Last of Governor Stone's Administration
- Governor Lowry Inaugurated
- Finances of 1882
- Industrial Growth
- The Session of 1884
- Abuses of the Convict System
- Railroad Commission Created
- Last Visit of Jefferson Davis to the State's Capital
- Events of 1884 and 1885
- Mississippi at the New Orleans Exposition
- Temperance and Education Prominent
- Close of Lowry's Second Administration
- In Gratitude to the Maimed and Dead
- Better Treatment for Convicts
- Death of Jefferson Davis
- Good Outlook for 1890 |
|
CHAPTER XXVIII - JOHN M. STONE'S
LAST TERM AS GOVERNOR |
|
|
-
Last Term of John M. Stone
- Millsaps College Founded
- Mississippi Historical Society Incorporated
- The Constitutional Convention of 1890
- Two Leaders, Not Democrats
- The Reasons for the Convention
- The Great Problem Before the Convention
- The Constitution Adopted as a Whole
- Ordinances Adopted by the Convention
- Code of 1892
- Death of Lamar
- State Issue of Fiat Money
- Suggested Reforms in the Laws
- Adoption of State Flag and Coat-of-Arms
- Honors for Anselm J. McLaurin
- State Finances Not Encouraging
- McLaurin Assumes Governorship
- The Passing of Senators George and Walthall
- War With Spain, 1898
- Railroad Exemption From Taxes Repealed
- Recommends Popular Election of United States Senators
- The Election of 1899
- Financial Outlook Brighter
- Literary Activates in Mississippi |
|
CHAPTER XXIX - A NEW GENERATION |
279 |
|
-
Inauguration of the Longino Administration
- The New Capitol
- Election for Congressmen and Constitutional Amendments
- Creation of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History
- State Insurance Department Created
- Adopted of the Magnolia as State Flower
- Extension of Convict Farm System
- Beginning of the Oyster Dispute
- Good Roads Movement
- Governor Longino Encouraged
- Passage of Primary Election Law
- Constitutionality of the Law Vindicated
- The Primary Elections of 1903
- Epitome of the Longino Administration
- Gov. James K. Vardaman Inaugurated in the New Capitol
- Legislation of 1904
- Creation of Text Book Commission
- The Beauvoir Confederate Home
- Yellow Fever Exterminated in Mississippi
- The Penitentiary Farms
- Boundary Decision Against Mississippi
- Laws Passed in 1906
- Penitentiary System Reformed
- Vardaman Defeated for United States Senator by Williams
- Edmond F. Noel Chose for Governor
- Social Conditions in Mississippi |
|
CHAPTER XXX - EIGHT CONSTRUCTIVE
YEARS |
315 |
|
-
The Noel Administration
- Encouragement of Agriculture and Live Stock
- Death of Gen. Stephen D. Lee
- Death of Bishop Charles B. Galloway
- Leroy Percy Succeeds United
States Senator McLaurin
- Establishment of Agricultural High
Schools in the State
- Other Encouragements for Rural Development
- A State Pure Food Law Enacted
- Trustees of the State Charity Hospital
- Earl Leroy Brewer Elected Governor
- The 1912 Legislature
- Preserving the Old State Capitol
- Guaranteeing Bank Deposits
- Administrative and Executive Development
- Elections of 1914
- Elections of 1915 |
|
CHAPTER XXXI - A CENTURY OF
STATEHOOD |
345 |
|
-
Inauguration of T. G. Bilbo
- Educational Reforms By the Legislature
- New State Charities
- Final Action on Preservation of the Old Capitol
- State Tax Commission Created
- Special Session of 1917
- Legislation of 1918
- Departmental Matters
- Election of Byron Patton Harrison to the U. S. Senate
- Lee M. Russell Elected Governor
- Constitutional Amendment Regarding School Funds
- The People of Mississippi in 1920
- Facts Taken From the Fourteenth Census
- Urban and Rural Population
- Population of Corporations Above 2,500 People
- Population of Mississippi, 1800-1920
- Analysis of the State's Population |
|
CHAPTER XXXII - MISSISSIPPI IN THE
WORLD WAR |
363 |
|
-
Mississippi Troops on the Mexican Border
- The Regiment Held for War
- Becomes the 155th Infantry
- Overseas Duties Absorb Regiment
- Effacement of State Lines
- Letters from the Front
- "Heroes All"
- Mississippi's Home Service During the War
- General Officers from Mississippi
- Mississippi Centennial Poem
- 1817 - 1917 |
|
CHAPTER XXXIII - STATE AFFAIRS,
1920 - 1924 |
394 |
|
-
Lee M. Russell Inaugurated Governor
- Primaries and General Election, 1920
- Two Constitutional Amendments Adopted
- John Sharp Williams Retires From the U. S. Senate
- United States Senator Hubert D. Stephens
- The Campaign of 1923
- Legislation of 1920-24
- Governor Whitfield's Inaugural
- Financial, Industrial, and Economic Reforms
- Mississippi Governors in Succession |
|
CHAPTER XXXIV - MISSISSIPPI IN
CONGRESS |
420 |
|
-
Mississippi's First Senators, Walter Leake
and Thomas H. Williams, December 11, 1817
- Senatorial Contest of 1829
- George Poindexter and Robert J. Walker
- Senators 1829-1847
- Jefferson Davis, the Hero of Buena Vista, Senator From
Mississippi
- Senators 1850-1861
- Resignation of Senators Davis and Brown
- The Confederate Reconstruction Periods
- L. Q. C. Lamar, Edward Cary Walthall, James Z. George
- Senators 1880-1925
- John Sharp Williams
- Pat Harrison
- Mississippi Congressmen
- George Poindexter, First Congressman, December 11, 1817
- Prentiss and Word
- Claiborne and Gholson
- Congressmen 1817-1925 |
|
CHAPTER XXXV - THE JUDICIARY OF
MISSISSIPPI |
440 |
|
-
The Pioneer Territorial Judges
- First Judicial Systems
- Judicial System Taking Shape
- Changes in System up to the Time of Statehood
- Territorial Judges of Mississippi, 1798-1817
- First Judiciary of the State
- The First State Supreme Court
- Supreme Judges of the State of Mississippi, 1818-1832
- High Court of Errors and Appeals, 1833-1870
- Supreme Court, 1870-1925
- Judges of the Supreme Court of Mississippi, 1870-1925
- Circuit Judges, 1833-1925
- Chancellors, 1870-1925
- The Superior Court of Chancery, 1821-1857
- Personnel of the Superior Court of Chancery |
|
CHAPTER XXXVI - EDUCATION IN
MISSISSIPPI |
469 |
|
-
Before and In Territorial Times
- Pioneer Academies of the State Period
- Mississippi's Educational System
- Public Education Up to 1845
- Founding of the State University
- The First Common School "System"
- Schools for Defectives
- Educational Interregnum Caused By War
- The Reconstruction Period
- The State University Before and During the War
- The University Since the War
- Mississippi State College for Women
- The Agricultural and Mechanical College
- The Alcorn A. & M. College
- The System Under the Constitution of 1890
- Schools For Defectives Recently Established
- State Educational Institutions
- The Denominational Colleges
- Junior colleges and Academies
- Colleges and Institutes for Negroes
- Present Public School Conditions
- High Schools and Education of Negroes |
|
CHAPTER XXXVII - INDUSTRIAL
MISSISSIPPI |
508 |
|
-
Comparative Importance of the Industries
- Agriculture in the Eighteenth Century
- Tobacco, Mississippi's First Commercial Staple
- Raising of Indigo Plant for Dye Stuffs
- Cotton Becomes King
- Whitney's Gin Introduced
- The Basis of Mississippi Cotton
- The Cultivation of Corn
- Inauguration of Scientific Farming
- Agricultural Progress Since the War For Southern Independence
- The Decade 1900-1910
- Statistical Survey, 1850=1920
- Explanation of Census Terms
- Acreage, Production and Value of the Leading Crops
- The Farmers, White and Negro
- Artificial Drainage
- Drainage Enterprises
- Drainage on Farms
- The Operating System of Artificial Drainage
- Drainage Legislation
- Live Stock in Mississippi
- Live Stock Products and Sales
- Industrial Mississippi, 1799-1900
- Industrial Progress for Twenty Years
|
|
CHAPTER XXXVIII - TRANSPORTATION
IN MISSISSIPPI |
549 |
|
-
Mississippi River Travel
- Steaming Up the Mississippi
- First Western Passenger Steamer
- Railroad Pioneering in Mississippi
- Longest Chartered Railroad in the United States
- Great Railroad Development Since the '80s
- The Illinois Central System
- Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company the Southern Railway
System
- The Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
- Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
- Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad
- The Alabama and Vicksburg Railway Company
- Gulf and Ship Island and Railroad Company
- The Mississippi Central Railroad
- The Louisville and Nashville System in Mississippi
- The New Orleans Great Northern
- Minor Lines
- The Highways of the State
- Why The Department was Created
- The Available Funds
- Mississippi's Highway System |
|
CHAPTER XXXIX - BANKS, BANKING AND
STATE FINANCES |
571 |
|
-
State Regulation of Banks
- Present Banking and Existing Banks
- Mississippi Banks by Towns and Cities
- Status of the Leading Banks
- The Debt of the State From 1865 to 1900
- Bonded Indebtedness Covering the Past Twenty Years |
|
CHAPTER XL - MISSISSIPPI HIGHER
ACTIVITIES |
588 |
|
-
Early Catholic Missions
- Early Baptist Missions
- The Episcopal Church
- The Methodists of Mississippi
- Lorenzo Dow Deeds First Protestant Church Lot
- Historic Sunday School at Natchez
- The State Furnishes Three Bishops
- The Presbyterians in Mississippi
- Formation of Mississippi Presbytery
- The Cumberland Presbyterian Church
- The Christian Church
- Present Status of the Churches
- Public Charities
- Mississippi as a Leader in Reforms
- Modern Social Tendencies
- Good Society Still in Mississippi |
|
CHAPTER XLI - THE MISSISSIPPI
PRESS |
613 |
|
-
Birth of the Mississippi Press
- Andrw Marschalk and B. M. Stokes, Pioneers
- The Mississippi Gazette and Other Newspapers of Natchez
- Marschalk, Peter Isler and Richard C. Langdon, First
Public Printers of Territory and State.
- Newspapers Established Outside of Natchez and Washington, Pioneer
Capitals
- Leading Early Newspapers Classified Politically
- Early Jackson Press
- War Trials for Mississippi Newspapers
- The Revival
- Oldest Existing Newspapers
- Four Great Editors
- Mississippi Newspapers on File in the State Historical Department,
Published 1830-1840; 1840-1850; 1850-1860
- Present Newspapers of Mississippi |
|
CHAPTER XLII - SLAVERY IN
MISSISSIPPI - THE NEGRO IN 1924 |
628 |
|
-
Slavery Among the French and Spanish
- American Opposition to the Institution
- Mississippi Territory Recognizes Problem
- The State of Mississippi and Slavery
- Abolition Arises as a Political Issue
- Opposition to Slave Traffic Increases
- Rising Tide of Pro-Slavery Sentiment
- Slavery as Practiced in Mississippi
- Attitude Toward Slavery After the War
- Negroes of the South During the War
- The Negro in Mississippi in 1924 |
|
CHAPTER XLIII - RACIAL INFLUENCES |
657 |
|
-
Early Population of the Gulf Coast Regon of
Mississippi
- The French Pioneers of Interior America
- Upper and Lower Mississippi United
- Providing the French With Wives
- Importation of African Slaves
- Termination of French Rule
- Racial Mixtures Under English Dominion
- Immigration Under Spanish Rule
- American Centers and Sources of Moulding Forces
- Mississippi Populaton 1850-1860 |
|
CHAPTER XLIV - THE COUNTIES OF
MISSISSIPPI - ADAM CLAIBORNE |
673 |
|
-
Historical Division
- Counties of the Old Natchez District
- Counties of First Choctaw Cession
- District of Mobile Counties
- County Division of First Chickasaw Cession
- The New Purchase Erected into Counties
- Counties Formed From Remaining Choctaw Lands
- Remainder of Chickasaw Lands Formed Into Counties
- The Counties of Mississippi; Their Early History and Organization,
Cities, Towns, and Villages, Water Courses and
Railroads, Development in Population, Agriculture,
and Manufactures:
- Adams County
- Alcorn County
- Amite County
- Attala County
- Benton County
- Bolivar County
- Calhoun County
- Carroll County
- Chickasaw County
- Choctaw County
- Claiborne County |
|
CHAPTER XLV - THE COUNTIES OF
MISSISSIPPI - CLARK - HARRISON |
705 |
|
-
Early History and Organization, Cities, Towns, and
Villages, Water Courses and Railroads, Development
in Population, Agriculture and Manufactures;
- Clarke County
- Clay County
- Coahoma County
- Copiah County
- Covington County
- De Soto County
- Forrest County
- Franklin County
- George County
- Greene County
- Grenada County
- Hancock County
- Harrison County |
|
CHAPTER XLVI - THE COUNTIES OF
MISSISSIPPI - Hinds - Marion |
734 |
|
-
Early History and Organizations, Cities, Towns, and
Villages, Water Courses and Railroads, Development
in Population, Agriculture, and Manufactures:
- Hinds County
- Holmes County
- Humphreys County
- Issaquena County
- Itawamba County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Jefferson Davis County
- Jones County
- Kemper County
- Lafayette County
- Lamar County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Leake County
- Lee County
- LeFlore County
- Lincoln County
- Lowndes County
- Madison County
- Marion County |
|
CHAPTER XLVII - THE COUNTIES OF
MISSISSIPPI - MARSHALL - SUNFLOWER |
787 |
|
-
Early history and Organization, Cities, Towns, and
Villages, Water Courses and Railroads, Development
in Population, Agriculture and Manufactures:
- Marshall County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Neshoba County
- Newton County
- Noxubee County
- Oktibbeha County
- Panola County
- Pearl River County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Pontotoc County
- Prentiss County
- Quitman County
- Rankin County
- Scott County
- Sharkey County
- Simpson County
- Smith County
- Stone County
- Sunflower County |
|
CHAPTER XLVIII - THE COUNTIES OF
MISSISSIPPI - TALLAHATCHIE - YAZOO |
89 |
|
-
Early History and Organization, Cities, Towns, and
Villages, Water Courses and Railroads, Development
in Population, Agriculture, and Manufactures:
- Tallahatchie County
- Tate County
- Tippah County
- Tishomingo County
- Tunica County
- Union County
- Wayne County
- Webster County
- Wilkinson County
- Winston County
- Yalobusha County
- Yazoo County |
|
ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME II
Coat of Arms of
Mississippi, in colors - Frontispiece |
|
Maj.-Gen. W. H.
C. Whiting |
13 |
Brig.-Gen. James
A. Smith |
13 |
Brig.-Gen. Carnot
Posey |
13 |
Brig.-Gen. Robert
Lowry |
13 |
Brig.-Gen. J. H.
Sharp |
13 |
Brig.-Gen. Peter
B. Starke |
13 |
Brig.-Gen.
Charles Clark |
13 |
Brig.-Gen. S. W.
Ferguson |
13 |
Maj.-Gen. E. C.
Walthall |
25 |
Brig.-Gen. W. F.
Tucker |
25 |
Brig.-Gen. W. F.
Brantley |
25 |
Brig.-Gen. W. E.
Baldwin |
25 |
Brig.-Gen. S. J.
Gholson |
25 |
Maj.-Gen. W. T.
Martin |
25 |
Knife and Fork Used
on the Confederate Battleship "Alabama," Commanded
by Admiral Raphael Semmes |
37 |
Sword Worn by Gen.
W. S. Featerston During the War for Southern
Independence |
37 |
Battle Flag of the
Second Mississippip Regiment of Infantry, C. S. A. |
37 |
The Crater,
Petersburg, Virginia |
49 |
Devil's Den,
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
57 |
Cemetery Hill from
Little Round Top, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
57 |
Maj.-Gen. Earl
Van Dorn |
69 |
Brig.-Gen.
Richard Griffith |
69 |
Maj.-Gen. S. G.
French |
69 |
Brig.-Gen. N. H.
Harris |
69 |
Brig.-Gen. J. R.
Chalmers |
69 |
Brig.-Gen. C. W.
Sears |
69 |
Battle Flag of the
Tenth Mississippi Regiment of Infantry, C. S. A. |
79 |
Governor William
Lewis Sharkey |
107 |
Governor Benjamin
G. Humphreys |
117 |
Title Page of "The
Imitation of Christ" |
135 |
Governor James
Lusk Alcorn |
161 |
Episcopal Church,
Natchez |
205 |
Gen. Stephen Dill
Lee |
211 |
Governor Robert
Lowery |
221 |
Mississippi State
College for Women, Columbus |
227 |
Colonel J. F. H.
Claiborne |
233 |
Cane of Jefferson
Davis, Made from the Mount Vernon Oak |
240 |
Governor John
Marshall Stone |
243 |
Old State Capitol,
1839-1903 |
249 |
Senator L. Q. C.
Lamar |
257 |
Senator Edward
Cary Walthall |
263 |
Senator James Z.
George |
267 |
Confederate
Monument, Jackson |
273 |
Flag of Mississippi,
in colors |
279 |
The New Capitol of
Mississippi |
281 |
Front of the
Mississippi State Capitol, Showing Tympanum |
287 |
Section of the
Mississippi Hall of Fame |
287 |
Section of the State
Museum, Showing Flags and Mementoes of the War for
Southern Independence, with the Mississippi Hall of
Fame in the Distance |
291 |
Jefferson Davis
Beauvoir Memorial Home for Mississippi
Confederate Soldiers |
303 |
Monument Erected in
Honor of the Women of the Confederacy, on the
Capitol Grounds, Jackson |
317 |
East End of Capitol |
317 |
Display Cases
Showing Collection of Indian Antiquities |
323 |
Facsimile of Bronze
Tablet Presented by Colonial Dames of Mississippi,
February 22, 1911 |
327 |
Main Building, State
Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Jackson, 1904 |
333 |
Senate Chamber and
House of Representatives, Old Capitol, Jackson
(Before Restoration) |
339 |
Detail of Dome, Old
Capitol |
347 |
Detail of the House
of Representatives Chamber, Old Capitol |
347 |
Detail of the State
Library, Old Capitol |
347 |
Stairway, Old
Capitol, Leading to the Third Floor |
347 |
Magnolia, State
Flower, in colors |
363 |
Maj.-Gen. H. P.
McCain |
365 |
Brig.-Gen. Fox
Conner |
365 |
Brig.-Gen. John
W. Heard |
365 |
East Mississippi
Hospital for the Insane, Meridian, 1904 |
395 |
Senator John
Sharp Williams |
401 |
Jefferson Davis
Monument at Fairview, Kentucky, His Birthplace |
405 |
Facsimile of a
Letter from Jefferson Davis to G. T.
Beauregard |
410, 411 |
The Sword, Scabbard
and Belt Worn by Gen. William Barksdale When
He Was Killed at Gettysburg |
417 |
Sudley Springs, Bull
Run, Virginia, Where Mississippi Troops Were Engaged |
417 |
Main Entrance to
Capitol |
421 |
Senator Hernando
DeSoto Money |
429 |
Dr. Richard
Watson Jones |
471 |
Gen. Stephen Dill
Lee |
471 |
Dr. Robert
Burwell Fulton |
471 |
Hon. James Rhea
Preston |
471 |
State Institution
for the Blind, Jackson, 1902 |
477 |
Pioneer Buildling of
the University of Mississippi, Oxford (1848) |
483 |
Music Hall -
Mississippi State College for Women |
489 |
The Cotton Plant,
in colors |
508 |
Naval Reserve Park,
Biloxi |
513 |
A Productive Tomato
Field, Crystal Springs |
519 |
Harvesting Corn |
519 |
Great Forage Plant
of Mississippi. Lespedeza, or Japanese Clover |
527 |
Mississippi Pecan
Grove |
535 |
Alfalfa Field in
Noxubee County, Northeast Mississippi |
535 |
Mississippi
Long-Leaf Pines |
543 |
Mississippi Forest
of Long-Leaf Pine |
543 |
Beauvoir, Last Home
of Jeffeson Davis |
551 |
Benachie Avenue,
Biloxi, with the Gulf of Mexico in the Distance |
565 |
Stock Certificate of
First Bank Established in Mississippi At Natchez in
1809 |
573 |
The Heart of
Jackson, Showing the Governor's Mansion in the
Foreground, Smith Park in the Center, and the State
Capitol in the Background |
591 |
Alcorn A. & M.
College for Negroes - Chapel Buildilng |
653 |
Map of Mississippi
Territory, 1809 |
675 |
"Arlington," Natchex |
681 |
"Malmaison," Carroll
County, Home of Greenwood Leflore,
Built 1854 |
681 |
The Classic City
Hall of Jackson |
735 |
Lauren Rogers
Libary, Laurel |
755 |
Street Scene, Laurel |
755 |
City Hall, Meridian |
763 |
Map of Mississippi,
1832 |
775 |
Ante-Bellum Home,
Holly Springs |
789 |
Biloxi Lighthouse,
Built in 1848 |
789 |
Map of Mississippi,
1842 |
801 |
Map of Mississippi,
1872 |
831 |
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