The Devil's Punchbowl in Natchez, Mississippi, was a Civil War-era death camp. After the Civil War millions of freed Black ...

Two years into the Civil War, black soldiers prepared for battle ... served as the linchpin of Confederate control over the Lower Mississippi. Among the Union regiments attacking the well ...

By Febrary 1, 1861, six more states -- Mississippi, Florida ... Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas ...

he gives us some little glimpses into the lives of people on both sides – soldiers, citizens, those enslaved – affected by the raid. A very valuable contribution to the literature of the Vicksburg ...