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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YJQ_fight-for-hankinsons-ferry_Port-Gibson-MS.html
As Logan's division marched west toward Grand Gulf on May 3, 1863, M. M. Crocker's division moved toward Hankinson's Ferry. At Kennison Creek, one mile north, the road was blocked by two Confederate brigades. After a spirited skirmish, the Confede…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YJJ_the-federals-occupy-port-gibson_Port-Gibson-MS.html
About dark on May 1, 1863, Gen. W. E. Baldwin's Confederates retreated through Port Gibson. After crossing the suspension bridge over Little Bayou Pierre, the Confederates set it afire. On the morning of the 2d. the Union army entered the beautifu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YJE_the-bernheimer-complex_Port-Gibson-MS.html
Built by Samuel and Jacob, prominent Jewish businessmen, this complex forms an unusual group of consecutively constructed buildings of various architectural styles. This house, built in 1901, replaced an earlier one used by Gen. U.S. Grant as his …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YJD_bruinsburg_Port-Gibson-MS.html
About 14 miles west at the mouth of Bayou Pierre is the old river port settled by Peter Bryan Bruin in 1788. It was visited by Aaron Burr in 1807. Grant landed there in Vicksburg Campaign of 1863.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YJA_site-of-the-hermitage_Port-Gibson-MS.html
W. 2 mi. Built about 1800 by George W. Humphreys, Birthplace of Benjamin Grubb Humphreys (1808-82). Brigadier General, C.S.A. Governor of Mississippi from 1865 to 1868.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YJ9_claiborne-county_Port-Gibson-MS.html
Established on January 27, 1802, by first General Assembly. Claiborne County was the fourth
county organized in the Mississippi Territory. Carved from Jefferson County (formerly Pickering County), of the Old Natchez District, the county was named…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YJ7_port-gibson_Port-Gibson-MS.html
Incorporated in 1811, Port Gibson was first settled by Samuel Gibson, who acquired property along Bayou Pierre from the Spanish in 1788. First known as Gibson's Landing. Port Gibson, selected as the Claiborne County seat in 1803, had the state's f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YJ6_first-baptist-m-b-church_Port-Gibson-MS.html
Founded in 1867 by freedmen. Moved to this site ca. 1896. Played a vital role in the Civil Rights Movement in Port Gibson. Beginning in 1965, the NAACP held meetings here to promote boycotts of local white merchants, who subsequently filed suit. I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YJ4_first-presbyterian-church_Port-Gibson-MS.html
Second oldest Presbyterian Church in Old Southwest. Org. April, 1807, as Bayou Pierre Church. Moved to Port Gibson 1827. Zebulon Butler first resident pastor, 1827-60. Present structure built 1859.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YIZ_windsor-mounds_MS.html
Windsor Mounds includes four rectangular platform mounds overlooking Bayou Pierre. Mound A, visible from the road, is the largest at over 30 feet, and has a ramp extending toward the east. Mounds B, C, and D range in height from 3 to 16 feet. The …