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Mississippi’s Revolutionary War connection involves river pirates and a New Orleans governor
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIn 1775, tensions between American colonists and their British overlords had reached a boiling...
This 16-square-mile Town on the Mississippi River Is Becoming an Essential U.S. Cruise Destination —...
Travel+Leisure via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAmerican Queen Voyages is partnering with the Mississippi River town of Natchez to immerse travelers...
This Civil War amputee led first expedition through the Grand Canyon
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFirst camp of the John Wesley Powell expedition, in the willows, Green River, Wyo. Terr. The Civil...
Amazing Beach Cities Along The Coast Of The Mississippi River
Travel Noire via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Mississippi River, which originates in Minnesota, flows for 2,320 miles until it reaches...
Black soldiers honored by name at Civil War battlefield
Army Times via Yahoo News· 3 months agoVICKSBURG, Miss. — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi...
The Devil’s Punchbowl: Debunking the social media myth of a Civil War massacre
Yahoo News via AOL· 11 months agoSocial media videos and blog posts periodically describe a story of a heinous concentration camp...
Why did Prohibition last so long in Mississippi, and what happened on the Coast?
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMississippi was the last state to repeal Prohibition in 1966, yet some cities and counties still...
When did the Civil War end? A (quick) history of America's deadliest war.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Civil War was the deadliest conflict ever fought on American soil with approximately 620,000 fatalities, according to History.com. Recent analysis could even suggest these numbers are higher ...
Some Civil War Soldiers' Wounds Emitted an 'Angel's Glow'?
Snopes via Yahoo News· 7 months agoGetty Images According to Timothy B. Smith, a history lecturer at the University of Tennessee at...
Manitowoc County's last surviving Civil War veteran snuck into the Union Army at 15 and served for...
Herald Times Reporter via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn April 30, 1936, the Manitowoc Herald-Times reported Charles Frederick Rieck, age 89, the last...