An example of such a post (archived) on social media was shared to X on Feb. 26, 2025, and read, in part: The Devil's Punchbowl in Natchez, Mississippi, was a Civil War-era death camp.

That is the city we are trying to recreate as it was before the War between the States.” Rival banners spanned the streets of Natchez. Negro orchestras played steadily on the rival club verandas.

On a trip in April to tour Natchez’s famous historic pre-Civil War mansions, my husband, friend Lana and I arrived at our hotel, the Linden Historic Bed & Breakfast, about 4 p.m. A party with ...

At the time RANSOM occupied Natchez the Thirteenth was under SHERMAN ... We have seen and touched the horrors of war and of a very hard siege. Rev. Y. BACNON was here all the time.

Officially established in 1716, Natchez is the oldest continuous settlement on the Mississippi River and teems with history. From the early 1800s to the Civil War, Natchez reigned as one of ...

A letter to the Chicago Journal, dated Natchez, July 24 ... classes complain bitterly of the conduct of the rich during the war, alleging that they forced poor men into the ranks, while they ...

A stereoscope photograph of the Devil's Punchbowl in Natchez, Miss., circa 1900. (Norman C. Henry/New York Public Library Digital Collections) ...

In 1810, 10,000 Kaintucks traveled the route from Natchez to Nashville! The Natchez Trace during the War of 1812 In 1812, the ...

Mississippi is a distinct state in many respects. French explorers landed here in 1699 in what is now Ocean Springs. Before becoming a U.S. territory in 1798 and its admission to the Union as a ...