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Benjamin Grubb Humphreys (August 26, 1808 – December 20, 1882) was an American politician from Mississippi. He was a general in the Confederate StatesJohn J. McRae (263 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
John Jones McRae (January 10, 1815 – May 31, 1868) was an American politician in Mississippi. A Democrat, he served in the Mississippi House of RepresentativesCarnot Posey (851 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Carnot Posey (August 5, 1818 – November 13, 1863) was a Mississippi planter and lawyer, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He was mortallyEdward C. Walthall (831 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Edward Cary Walthall (April 4, 1831 – April 21, 1898) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a Reconstruction eraVicksburg, Mississippi (5,622 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Vicksburg is a historic city in Warren County, Mississippi, United States. It is the county seat. The population was 21,573 at the 2020 census. LocatedAbsolom M. West (520 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Absolom Madden West (c. 1818 – September 30, 1894) was an American planter, Confederate militia general, state politician, railroad president and laborJ. P. Scales (277 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
James Pinckney Scales was a lawyer and state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives including as Speaker of theJacob M. Dickinson (651 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Jacob McGavock Dickinson (January 30, 1851 – December 13, 1928) was United States Secretary of War under President William Howard Taft from 1909 to 1911Joseph R. Davis (739 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Major-General Joseph Robert Davis (January 12, 1825 – September 15, 1896) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the commanding general ofJames Z. George (716 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
James Zachariah George (October 20, 1826 – August 14, 1897) was an American lawyer, writer, U.S. politician, Confederate politician, and military officerWilliam Henry Elder (1,029 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
William Henry Elder (March 22, 1819 – October 31, 1904) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Natchez inJohn Marshall Stone (894 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
John Marshall Stone (April 30, 1830 – March 26, 1900) was an American politician from Mississippi. A Democrat, he served longer as governor of that stateWilliam Barksdale (1,682 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
William Barksdale (August 21, 1821 – July 3, 1863) was a lawyer, newspaper editor, US Representative, and Confederate general in the American Civil WarWalker Brooke (277 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Walker Brooke (December 25, 1813 – February 18, 1869) was an American politician who served as a Deputy from Mississippi to the Provisional Congress ofFrancis S. White (139 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Francis Shelley White (March 13, 1847 – August 1, 1922) was a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama. Born in Noxubee County, Mississippi, he became aRobert Lowry (governor) (609 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
Robert Lowry (March 10, 1829 – January 19, 1910) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 32nd governor of Mississippi from 1882 to 1890William Sydney Wilson (116 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
William Sydney Wilson (November 7, 1816 – November 3, 1862) was an American politician. He was born in Snow Hill, Maryland, and later moved to MississippiLock E. Houston (282 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Lock E. Houston (1814 - January 22, 1897) was a judge and state legislator in Mississippi. He served as Speaker of the Mississippi House of RepresentativesWilliam S. Barry (462 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
William S. Barry (born William Taylor Sullivan Barry; December 10, 1821 – January 29, 1868) was an American politician who served as a Deputy from MississippiDouglas H. Cooper (1,056 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Douglas Hancock Cooper (November 1, 1815 – April 29, 1879) was an American politician, soldier, Indian Agent in what is now Oklahoma, and Confederate generalWilliam T. Martin (741 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
William Thompson Martin (March 25, 1823 — March 16, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who became a Confederate States Army major general duringSamuel J. Gholson (595 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Samuel Jameson Gholson (May 19, 1808 – October 16, 1883) was a United States representative from Mississippi, a United States district judge of the UnitedJames Gordon (Mississippi politician) (273 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
James Gordon (December 6, 1833 – November 28, 1912) was an American planter, writer, former Confederate officer and politician from Okolona, MississippiJacob H. Sharp (927 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Jacob Hunter Sharp (February 6, 1833 – September 15, 1907) was a Mississippi lawyer, newspaperman and politician, as well as a general in the ConfederateWiley P. Harris (244 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Wiley P. Harris (born Wiley Pope Harris; November 9, 1818 – December 3, 1891) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Born on November 9, 1818, inJosiah A.P. Campbell (993 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Josiah Abigail Patterson Campbell (March 2, 1830 – January 10, 1917) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the Chief Justice of the SupremeCharles Henry Manship (270 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Charles Henry Manship (July 31, 1812 – June 21, 1895) was a mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, during the American Civil War. He was also a chairmaker andJames Thomas Harrison (312 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
James Thomas Harrison (November 30, 1811 – May 22, 1879) was an American politician who served as a Deputy from Mississippi to the Provisional CongressAlexander M. Clayton (452 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Alexander Mosby Clayton (January 15, 1801 – September 30, 1889) was an American politician who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of MississippiW. H. H. Tison (217 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
William Henry Haywood Tison (November 6, 1822 – December 4, 1882) was an American politician who served as the 39th speaker of the Mississippi House ofHiram R. Revels (2,932 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Hiram Rhodes Revels (September 27, 1827 – January 16, 1901) was an American Republican politician, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church,John J. Pettus (974 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
John Jones Pettus (October 9, 1813 – January 25, 1867) was an American politician, lawyer, and slave owner who served as the 23rd Governor of MississippiJames Ronald Chalmers (1,401 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
James Ronald Chalmers (January 11, 1831 – April 9, 1898) was an American politician and senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantryDaniel Govan (757 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Daniel Chevilette Govan (July 4, 1829 – March 12, 1911) was an American miner, planter, and soldier. He served as a Confederate general during the AmericanWilliam Wirt Adams (1,057 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
William Wirt Adams (1819–1888) was a banker, planter, state legislator, and a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army. Adams was born in FrankfortWilliam F. Fitzgerald (1,361 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
William Francis Fitzgerald (February 7, 1846 – May 12, 1903) was an American jurist who served on the Federal bench as an associate justice of the ArizonaJames L. Alcorn (2,299 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
James Lusk Alcorn (November 4, 1816 – December 19, 1894) was a governor, and U.S. senator during the Reconstruction era in Mississippi. A Moderate RepublicanEvander McNair (579 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Evander McNair (April 15, 1820 – November 13, 1902) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Evander McNairT. R. Stockdale (547 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Thomas Ringland Stockdale (March 28, 1828 – January 8, 1899) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi from 1886 to 1895, and a justice of the SupremeWilliam P. Sanders (1,102 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
William Price Sanders (August 12, 1833 – November 19, 1863) was an officer in the Union Army in the American Civil War who died at the Siege of KnoxvilleSamuel Benton (745 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Samuel Benton (1820–1864) was an American attorney, newspaper publisher and politician. He served as a colonel in the Confederate States Army during theDaniel B. Wright (278 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Daniel Boone Wright (February 17, 1812 – December 27, 1887) was an American secessionist, lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. RepresentativeSylvester Magee (1,085 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Sylvester Magee (allegedly born May 29, 1841 – died October 15, 1971) received much publicity as the last living former American slave. He was acceptedGeorge E. Harris (333 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
George Emrick Harris (January 6, 1827 – March 19, 1911) was an American lawyer, Civil War veteran and politician who served two terms as a U.S. RepresentativeWilliam F. Tucker (425 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
William Feimster Tucker (May 9, 1827 – September 14, 1881) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. TuckerWilliam Clark Falkner (1,293 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
William Clark Falkner (July 6, 1825 or 1826 – November 6, 1889) was a military veteran, businessman, and author in northern Mississippi. He is most notableJames G. Spencer (150 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
James Grafton Spencer (September 13, 1844 – February 22, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Born near Port Gibson, Mississippi, SpencerHenry T. Ellett (402 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Henry Thomas Ellett (March 8, 1812 – October 15, 1887) was a lawyer, politician, judge, and U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Born in Salem, New JerseyW. C. Friley (668 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
William Christopher Friley, known as W. C. Friley (July 12, 1845 – April 11, 1911), was a Southern Baptist clergyman and college president. He was fromPeter Burwell Starke (734 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Peter Burwell Starke (1813 – July 13, 1888) was an American politician who served as a Brigadier-General in the Provisional Army of the Confederate StatesHenry L. Muldrow (918 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Henry Lowndes Muldrow (February 8, 1837 – March 1, 1905) was an American politician who served as the First Assistant Secretary of the Interior in theSamuel Gibbs French (2,276 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Samuel Gibbs French (November 22, 1818 – April 20, 1910) was an American military officer from New Jersey. He graduated from the United States MilitaryWilliam F. Brantley (1,127 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
William Felix Brantley (March 12, 1830 – November 2, 1870) was an American lawyer and Confederate combatant. He served as a Confederate general in theNathaniel H. Harris (801 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Brigadier-General Nathaniel Harrison Harris (August 22, 1834 – August 23, 1900) was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantryJohn William Meece (91 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
John William Meece (born June 3, 1843) was a member of the Mississippi Legislature in 1911. He also served as a Sergeant for the Confederate States ofBeverly Carradine (1,103 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Beverly Francis Carradine (April 4, 1848 – April 22, 1931) was an American Methodist minister and a leading evangelist for the holiness movement. He wasRichard Griffith (general) (792 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
Richard Griffith (January 11, 1814 – June 29, 1862) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was mortallyJoanna Fox Waddill (268 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Joanna Painter (Fox) Waddill (September 24, 1838 – January 3, 1899) was a nurse assisting wounded and ill Confederate soldiers during the American CivilWilliam L. Brandon (1,397 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
William Lindsay Brandon (born c. 1801–1802 in Adams County, Mississippi; died October 8, 1890, in Wilkinson County, Mississippi) was a medical doctor,Claudius W. Sears (994 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Claudius Wistar Sears (November 8, 1817 – February 15, 1891) was a United States Army officer, an educator, and a Confederate general during the AmericanNewton Knight (3,574 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Newton Knight (November 10, 1829 – February 16, 1922) was an American farmer, soldier and Southern Unionist in Mississippi, best known as the leader ofKate Lee Ferguson (363 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Catherine Sarah "Kate" Ferguson (née Lee; November 3, 1841 – May 30, 1928), better known by her pen name "Kate Lee Ferguson," was an American novelistWilliam Edwin Baldwin (278 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
William Edwin Baldwin (July 28, 1827 – February 19, 1864) was a Confederate Army officer during the American Civil War. He was a bookstore owner and heJeptha Vining Harris (Mississippi general) (1,011 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
Jeptha Vining Harris (December 1, 1816 – November 21, 1899) was a brigadier general (August 1862 – August 1863) and later, after a year in private lifeMelancthon Smith (Confederate officer) (2,154 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
Melancthon Smith (frequently spelled Melancton or Melanchton; April 15, 1829 – November 1, 1881) was a Colonel in the Confederate States Army during the21st Mississippi Infantry Regiment (491 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Mississippi Infantry was a Confederate infantry regiment from Mississippi in the American Civil War. The regiment was involved in several well-known battlesJohn M. Simonton (255 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
John M. Simonton was an officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War and a state senator in Mississippi. He served in the MississippiAdam McWillie (339 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Adam McWillie (November 7, 1821 – July 21, 1861) was a military captain in the Mexican–American War and also one for the Confederacy in the American CivilCharles G. Dahlgren (606 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Charles Gustavus Ulrich Dahlgren (August 13, 1811 – December 18, 1888) was a brigadier general of Mississippi State Troops (or Mississippi Militia) withWilliam H. Hardy (1,069 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
William Harris Hardy (February 12, 1837 − February 17, 1917) was an American businessman who founded the Mississippi cities of Hattiesburg, Laurel, andLucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (5,330 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II (September 17, 1825 – January 23, 1893) was a Confederate soldier, American politician, diplomat, and jurist. A memberWilliam H. Hardy (1,069 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
William Harris Hardy (February 12, 1837 − February 17, 1917) was an American businessman who founded the Mississippi cities of Hattiesburg, Laurel, andJoseph Emory Davis (1,576 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Joseph Emory Davis (10 December 1784 – 18 September 1870) was an American lawyer who became one of the wealthiest planters in Mississippi in the antebellumEmanuel Handy (84 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Emanuel Handy, sometimes recorded as Emmanuel Handy, was a sergeant in the Union Army during the American Civil War, a delegate to Mississippi's 1868 ConstitutionalAnderson Boyd (politician) (103 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
Anderson Boyd (February 1835 - ?) was an American politician. Boyd was born in South Carolina. In November 1863, he enlisted in the 3rd United States ColoredErasmus Burt (533 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Erasmus R. Burt (c. 1820 – October 26, 1861) was an American physician, politician, and soldier. He served as the State Auditor of Mississippi, and wasJames Daniel Lynch (312 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
James Daniel Lynch (January 6, 1836 – July 19, 1903) was an American lawyer, farmer, judge, poet, and writer. His poem "Columbia Saluting the Nations"Moses Jackson (339 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Moses Jackson (January 14, 1822 - November 28, 1895) was a Confederate Army officer during the Civil War and a state legislator in Mississippi. He wasJohn Hebron (299 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
John L. Hebron Sr. was an American surgeon, planter, and state legislator in Mississippi. Hebron Sr. was born in Virginia and raised in Mississippi. HisClement Sulivane (277 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Clement Sulivane (1838–1920) was an American Confederate soldier, lawyer, journalist and politician. He served in the Maryland Senate from 1878 to 1880Amos McLemore (663 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Amos McLemore (August 23, 1823 – October 5, 1863) of Jones County, Mississippi, was a schoolteacher, Methodist Episcopal minister, merchant and ConfederateJeptha Vining Harris (doctor) (551 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
Jeptha Vining Harris (May 27, 1839 – 1914) was an assistant surgeon for the Confederate States Army and Confederate States Navy during the American CivilHenry Hughes (sociologist) (1,120 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
Henry Hughes (1829–1862) was an American lawyer, sociologist, state senator, and Confederate Colonel from Mississippi. He developed the economic notionJohn W. Fewell (210 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
John Woodbury Fewell (October 18, 1844 - December 26, 1906) was a Confederate officer, lawyer, politician, and judge in Mississippi. He was elected toWilliam Stephen Walker (1,039 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
William Stephen Walker (April 13, 1822 – June 7, 1899) was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War (Civil War). He wasRobert O. Perrin (214 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Robert Oliver Perrin (November 3, 1823 – October 8, 1878) was an American physician who served as president of the Greene County, Alabama Board of HealthHugh R. Miller (216 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Hugh Reid Miller (May 14, 1812 – July 19, 1863) was an American politician who served as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1842Earl Van Dorn (8,208 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Earl Van Dorn (September 17, 1820 – May 7, 1863) was an American major-general who started his military career as a United States Army officer and becameTulius Cicero Tupper (420 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Tulius Cicero Tupper (February 9, 1809 – August 14, 1866) was a Mississippi lawyer, newspaper publisher, and Major General of the Mississippi State TroopsMat Luxton (1,577 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Mat Luxton (February 27, 1844 – January 22, 1924), formally James Madison Luxton, was a Confederate-aligned guerrilla and Texas deputy sheriff in the 19th-century