Description
Book SynopsisWith careful details and vivid descriptions, Mississippi Civil War Monuments offers a comprehensive guide to the memorials that make up Mississippi's physical and historical landscape.
Trade Review"Against the fraught backdrop of debate over Civil War statues, Timothy Sedore guides us deftly through 800 Union and Confederate monuments in Mississippi with judicious precision and Lincolnian magnanimity. Now more than ever, we are fortunate to have this level-headed, clear-eyed book. "—Stephen Cushman, Robert E. Taylor Professor of English, University of Virginia
"Mississippi's 800 Civil War-related monuments far exceed in number those in any other state—including more commemorating the Union than anywhere but Pennsylvania.. Timothy S. Sedore's exceptionally valuable survey should find an appreciate readership at a time when Americans are debating how best to deal with statues and other monuments that reflect the war's, and history's, hard edges."—Gary W. Gallagher, author of The Union War
"The Magnolia State saw some of the most significant fighting of the Civil War, and it was in Mississippi that arguably the most important campaign of the conflict took place, now fittingly commemorated in the Vicksburg National Military Park. Timothy S. Sedore's Mississippi Civil War Monuments: An Illustrated Field Guide provides a wonderful and insightful glimpse into the state's Civil War history while taking the reader on a tour of the monuments that commemorate both the fighting and the men who did the fighting. "—Timothy B. Smith, author of Shiloh: Conquer or Perish, Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg, and The Real Horse Soldiers: Benjamin Grierson's Epic 1863 Civil War Raid Through Mississippi.
"Anyone visiting Mississippi's Civil War landscape would be well served to carry a copy of Sedore's guide with them. From Vicksburg to Oxford, readers will find a rich examination of how and why Confederate and Union monuments sprang up across the state."—Caroline E. Janney, Director, John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History, University of Virginia
Table of ContentsList of Maps
Preface
Introduction
1. Vicksburg National Military Park
2. The Vicksburg National Monument Park Landscape
3. Northern Mississippi
Alcorn County
Tishomingo County
Tippah County
Prentiss County
Lee County
Pontotoc County
DeSoto County
Lafayette County
Yalobusha County
Tallahatchie County
Chickasaw County
Monroe County
Grenada County
Bolivar County
Washington County
Leflore County
Carrol County
Montgomery County
Oktibbeha County
Clay County
Lowndes County
4. Central Mississippi
Humphreys County
Holmes County
Attala County
Winston County
Noxubee County
Yazoo County
Madison County
Neshoba County
Kemper County
Lauderdale County
Rankin County
Hinds County
5. Southern Mississippi
Adams County
Jefferson County
Claiborne County
Copiah County
Lincoln County
Amite County
Jones County
Jasper County
Clarke County
Wayne County
Forrest County
Pearl River County
George County
Harrison County
Selected Sources
