Monthly Archives: January 2011

http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50A17FD3D5A1B7493C5AB178ED85F478684F9 – May 27, 1863

http://jeffersondavis.rice.edu/resources.cfm?doc_id=1507

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P2diAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WnYNAAAAIBAJ&dq=mississippi%20civil%20war&pg=7063%2C518376 – Providence Daily Post – Jan 9, 1861 “Jackson, Miss., Jan. 8 (1861) The Commitee on the Ordinance of Secession are now in caucus. The excitement and anxiety is intense.”

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_vphAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i5QDAAAAIBAJ&dq=mississippi%20civil%20war&pg=7101%2C2440706 – The Sydney Morning Herald – Aug 19, 1862

http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0C15F93D5F107B93C6AB1783D85F418684F9 New York Times, August 24, 1865

http://www.kcchronicle.com/articles/2011/01/05/25503531/index.xml “Another historical connection is to the USS Sultana Disaster, a steamboat of returning Union soldiers who were prisoners of war in the South. The boat exploded on the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tenn., killing 1,500. “They survived the war … Continue reading →

What were the legal excuses from serving during the Civil War? http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mscivwar/excuses.html

What is the price of a spring chicken? Food Prices at Tupelo, Mississippi June 11, 1862 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mscivwar/food.html

You may now search the digital collection archive at the University of Mississippi. Link to add: http://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/archives/

The website has a new look for the new year. It has been updated. The registration form has since gone down at the server since December 10, 2010. There is no estimate on when that server will be back into … Continue reading →