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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YL2_to-the-railroad_Hermanville-MS.html
On May 8, 1863, as the Union XV Corps left Grand Gulf, two divisions of the XVII Corps rested at Hankinson's Ferry and Rocky Springs to wait for rations. Three divisions of the XIII Corps camped at Big Sand Creek, one and a half miles northeast, w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U0M_rocky-springs-historical_Hermanville-MS.html
The once active spring provided a natural stopping place for travelers on the Natchez Trace and helped establish and sustain the rural community of Rocky Springs. The 25 square mile town, which included a post rider relay station prospered for app…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N0Z_federals-occupy-rocky-springs_Hermanville-MS.html
After U.S. Grant had planned much of his campaign at Mrs. Bagnell's, four miles west, he arrived at Rocky Springs on May 7. He remained until May 10, allowing the XV Corps to cross the Mississippi and rejoin the army. McClernand's XIII Corps arriv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N0Y_the-old-natchez-trace_Hermanville-MS.html
This is the Natchez Trace. For many years it served man well, but as with many things when its usefulness passed, it was abandoned.
Over the years, this time-worn path has been a silent witness to honor and dishonor. It bears the prints of coun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N00_mangum-mound_Hermanville-MS.html
Excavation of this site tells us much about the people of the late prehistoric periods. The Plaquemine culture included the ancestors of the modern tribes of Mississippi and Louisiana. It was a society with elaborate agriculturally oriented religi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM163R_the-town-of-rocky-springs_Hermanville-MS.html
At the end of this trail is evidence of a once thriving rural community. First settled in the late 1790's, the town grew from a watering place along the Natchez Trace, and took its name from the source of that water - the Rocky Spring. In 1860, a …