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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AYN_confederate-veterans-of-greene-county-a-war-memorial_Leakesville-MS.html
This monument is dedicated to a large group of
men that was formed here. These men were
common men with an uncommon valor in war
they fought for their homes, families and a
constitutional government most were early
settlers of Greene County…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQ1_battle-of-mcleods-mill_Leakesville-MS.html
In November 1864, Union Brig. Gen. John
Davidson led an expedition from Baton
Rouge toward the Mobile & Ohio R.R. On
December 10, part of his force crossed
the Chickasawhay River and met two
Confederate cavalry regiments at McLeods
Mil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQ0_byron-patton-pat-harrison_Leakesville-MS.html
Born in Crystal Springs, Byron Patton
Harrison (1881-1941) came to Leakesville
and taught in the local high school from
ca. 1900 until 1902, when he opened
his first law practice near this area.
Appointed as the town's first Marshall,
…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2APU_clark-cemetery_State-Line-MS.html
The Clark Cemetery was established by
W.M.B. Clark (1809-1881) in 1879 with
the burial of С.С. McInnis, born in 1804.
It is the final resting place of a number
of Greene County businessmen, legislators,
county officials and v…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DAL_terrain-and-landscape_Guntown-MS.html
Even as late as 1864, northeast Mississippi was sparsely populated. Just thirty years earlier the whole area had belonged to the Chickasaw Nation, and many of the local white landowners had moved here after 1845. The Bethany Associate Reformed Pre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1633_tishomingo-creek-bridge_Guntown-MS.html
Retreating wagons blocked bridge. General Forrest captured 200 Wagons, 14 pieces of artillery and hundreds of men. Artillery fire from the Crossroads killed hundreds of Federals here.