This author has contributed to the following articles in the Encyclopedia.Brantley, William FelixBorn in Alabama in 1830, William Felix Brantley moved to Mississippi with his family at an early age. He became…Brice’s Cross Roads, Battle ofBy 1864 much of Confederate Mississippi had been overrun by Federal troops. Jackson, the state capital, had been occupied, and…Champion Hill, Battle ofIn 1861 Abraham Lincoln stated emphatically, “Vicksburg is the key. The war can never be brought to a close until…Featherston, Winfield ScottThe son of transplanted Virginians, Winfield Scott Featherston was born on 8 August 1820 near Murfreesboro in Rutherford County, Tennessee.…Grierson’s RaidBy the spring of 1863 the Confederate West was in disarray, and one of the most strategically important points in…UnionistsFrom the time that Mississippi became a state in 1817 to the mid-1850s, most Mississippi voters, despite a great deal…
Brantley, William FelixBorn in Alabama in 1830, William Felix Brantley moved to Mississippi with his family at an early age. He became…
Brice’s Cross Roads, Battle ofBy 1864 much of Confederate Mississippi had been overrun by Federal troops. Jackson, the state capital, had been occupied, and…
Champion Hill, Battle ofIn 1861 Abraham Lincoln stated emphatically, “Vicksburg is the key. The war can never be brought to a close until…
Featherston, Winfield ScottThe son of transplanted Virginians, Winfield Scott Featherston was born on 8 August 1820 near Murfreesboro in Rutherford County, Tennessee.…
Grierson’s RaidBy the spring of 1863 the Confederate West was in disarray, and one of the most strategically important points in…
UnionistsFrom the time that Mississippi became a state in 1817 to the mid-1850s, most Mississippi voters, despite a great deal…
