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  1. Black Police Marshal Uses Club on White Man and Gets Shot
    date September 23, 1895map MARION, South Carolinatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Race-Relations

    On September 23, 1895, a very large crowd gathered in Marion to watch the circus and ended up getting much more of a performance than they had bargained for. The weather was sweltering and dry and the crowd left the tent hot and sweaty. As the crowd walked outside to leave, they were greeted by the police force in addition to several special marshal reinforcements who had been appointed to help out...

  2. Union Battery in the Campaign for Vicksburg
    date May 2, 1863 to July 27, 1863map WARREN, Mississippitags Second Iowa Battery, Joseph R. Reed, Union, Vicksburg, Civil War

    The Union Army achieved a decisive victory in the battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi, with the city surrendering to General Ulysses Grant on July 4, 1863.  The battery divisions effectively utilized the large guns and cannons of the army, which were crucial to the Union victory at Vicksburg.  First Lieutenant Joseph R. Reed of the Second Iowa Battery in the Union Army belonged to one of these battery...

  3. Infantry in the Failed May Attacks on Vicksburg
    date May 22, 1863 to May 23, 1863map WARREN, Mississippitags Fifty-fifth Illinois, William C. Porter, Union, Vicksburg, Civil War

    While the city of Vicksburg eventually fell to Union forces on July 4, 1863, giving the Union control of the Mississippi River, several failed assaults occurred prior to the successful siege.  Two of the assaults took place on May 19 and 22, and Vicksburg’s defenses held against the Union infantry and artillery forces on both these occasions.  Infantry forces in the Civil War often engaged in the...

  4. Waul's Texas Legion in the Battle of Vicksburg
    date May 12, 1863 to July 4, 1863map WARREN, Mississippitags Vicksburg, Civil War, Waul's Texas Legion, May 22, 1863, Colonel T.N. Waul

    The morning officially began at 10:00 AM as the war-weary men of Waul’s Texas Legion lined up shoulder to gray-clad shoulder in Vicksburg, Mississippi; the perfect time for brunch.  But it would forever remain in the minds of the Confederates as the beginning of a fight for their everything-- land, honor, freedom, liberty, property—at the one site most important to hold for any chance of Confederate...

  5. 19th Arkansas Infantry in the Battle of Vicksburg
    date May 18, 1863 to July 4, 1863map WARREN, Mississippitags Civil War, Vicksburg, Colonel Thomas P. Dockery, 19th Arkansas Infantry

    The colonel paused briefly before moving his troops into line to make eye contact with his superior and friend Brig. General Martin Green. Colonel Thomas P. Dockery grew up in a rich railroad dynasty family so he understood the importance the coming battle had to the protection of supply lines, specifically those running through the Mississippi River. Commanding an outstanding infantry of the Second...