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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZSV_on-to-vicksburg_Port-Gibson-MS.html
After crossing the Mississippi River and fighting the battle of Port Gibson April 30 - May 1, 1863, Gen. U.S. Grant moved to capture Grand Gulf as a base of operations against Port Hudson, Louisiana. Capturing Grand Gulf on May 3, Grant learned th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZSU_grand-gulf_Port-Gibson-MS.html
The town of Grand Gulf was burned by Admiral David Farragut's men in 1862 and occupied by Porter's Mississippi Squadron on May 3, 1863. The Union occupation followed Confederate Brig. Gen. John Bowen's evacuation of the town after the Battle of Po…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZST_bombardment-of-confederate-fortifications-by-federal-gunboats_Port-Gibson-MS.html
The river on April 29, 1863, was at flood stage and falling. It was overflowing its banks from the bluffs on the east to high ground beyond the flood pain to the west. The river bend upstream just above the "Point of Rocks" force the current of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YYN_campaign-siege-and-defense-of-vicksburg-1863_Port-Gibson-MS.html
The Union Army under command of Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant was composed of the 13th Corps and Logan's Division of the 17th Corps. The Confederate Army, under command of Brig. Gen. John S. Bowen, was composed of Tracy's, Cockrell's, Green's, and Baldwin'…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YYD_lightfoot-park_Port-Gibson-MS.html
· Claiborne County native educated in local schools and Alcorn A & M College
· First black citizen elected to the Claiborne County Board of Education - 1969 to 1974
· Operated a successful business on this site
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YXQ_methodist-church_Port-Gibson-MS.html
901 Church. 1858-60 Romanesque Revival. The original building was constructed in 1826, but was destroyed by fire in 1858. The new church built on the same site, was dedicated July 8, 1860.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YXP_st-james-episcopal-church_Port-Gibson-MS.html
808 Church. 1884-85. Ca. 1897 High Victorian Gothic. The architect was W.P. Wentworth from Boston. The entire structure reflects contemporary architectural developments in Massachusetts rather than in Mississippi.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YX3_confederate-ri-64258-e-pits_Port-Gibson-MS.html
During the April 29, 1863 bom-
bardment of Grand Gulf these
rifle pits and the "covered
way" which linked Fort Wade
and Fort Cobun were held by the
3rd Missouri (Confederate).
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YX2_claiborne-county-courthouse_Port-Gibson-MS.html
Market Street at Orange. 1845
Beaux-Arts Classicism. The
original two-story brick court-
house was constructed in 1845.
The Confederate Monument occu-
pies a small portion of the site
of the original Greek Revival jail.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YX0_the-port-gibson-boycott_Port-Gibson-MS.html
On April 1, 1966, the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) imposed an economic boycott on the majority of the white-owned businesses in Port Gibson/Claiborne County. In the months leading up to th…