05/14/1863
Grant's Union Army captures Jackson, the state capital of Mississippi Battles/Soldiers
01/08/1864
In Little Rock, Arkansas, seventeen year-old David Dodd is hanged as a spy on the grounds of his old school Battles/Soldiers
02/02/1860
Mississippi Legislature kills bill to abolish legal prohibition of import of slaves from Africa Lawmaking/Litigating
01/09/1861
Mississippi secedes from the Union Lawmaking/Litigating
01/08/1861
Mississippi's Secession Convention appoints a committee to draw up an ordinance of secession Lawmaking/Litigating
01/07/1861
Mississippi's Secession Convention assembles in Jackson, the state capital Lawmaking/Litigating
11/21/1859
New governor of Mississippi is inaugurated in Jackson and calls for a convention of southern states Campaigns/Elections
03/31/1858
New railroad completed linking Jackson, Mississippi with New Orleans Business/Industry
05/16/1863
Union forces withdraw from the Mississippi state capital of Jackson after inflicting heavy damage Battles/Soldiers
