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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1XXL_mississippi-central-r-r-campaign-historical_Oxford-MS.html
On December 2, 1862, as the Confederates
fell back to the Yalobusha River. Union
Gen. U.S. Grant moved his headquarters
from Waterford to Abbeville. On the 4th,
he moved to Oxford, while his advance
crossed the Yocona River. W.T. Sherman's
troops camp…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1XXN_lafayette-county-courthouse-historical_Oxford-MS.html
The original courthouse was burned in August 1864 by Union Troops led by Gen. A. J. Smith. Judge R. A. Hill secured Federal funds to construct the present courthouse which was completed and occupied in January 1872.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1XXS_l-q-c-lamar-house-historical_Oxford-MS.html
Home of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar from 1868 to 1888. Lamar was an educator at the University of Mississippi; a colonel, 19th Miss. Inf,l CSA; a U.S. congressman; senator; Secretary of the Interior; and an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1XXT_william-faulkner-historical_Oxford-MS.html
The creator of Yoknapatawpha County, whose stories about his people won him the Nobel Prize, is buried twenty steps east of this marker.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1Y01_fawn-grove-school-historical_Mantachie-MS.html
Established in 1909, the Fawn Grove School served the Fawn Grove community. After a new school house was constructed here in 1926, the Fawn Grove School recorded its highest enrollment, 162 students, in 1931. The Fawn Grove School closed its doors following…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1Y04_buckner-craig-isom-cemetery-historical_Oxford-MS.html
Buried here between 1837 and 1865 are early settlers of Lafayette Co. Among these is the grave of John J. Craig, purchaser of the Indian lands that are now Lafayette Co. and donor of the site of Oxford.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1Y0I_jacob-thompsons-home-place-historical_Oxford-MS.html
The mansion ca. 1853 located on this site was burned by Union troops in 1864. Two original outbuildings are included in the present house, built in 1869. Jacob Thompson (1810-1885), a native of North Carolina, moved to Pontotoc, Mississippi, in 1835. A lawy…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1Y0J_rowan-oak-historical_Oxford-MS.html
Built c. 1848. From 1930 to 1962 home of novelist William Faulkner, who named it for the rowan tree, symbol of security and peace. Now maintained as a literary landmark by the University of Mississippi.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1YID_frank-crump-jr_Vicksburg-MS.html
Navy veteran and Alcorn College graduate Frank Crump, Jr. taught at Rosa A. Temple High School (1960-1970) and was Vo-Tech Dean at Utica Junior College. During Freedom Summer in 1964, he registered African American voters and was a Mississippi Freedom Democ…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1YIS_brierfield-and-hurricane_Vicksburg-MS.html
The Brierfield and Hurricane plantations of Jefferson and Joseph Davis were located west of here at Davis Bend. War, floods, and fire have destroyed most of the physical evidence of these plantation homes.