Record Data Place Unit Type City or Town Containing Unit Adams County, MS Events Date Type 07/17/1858 John Anthony Quitman, Mexican War general and Mississippi advocate of secession, dies on his plantation in Natchez Personal 05/13/1862 Natchez, Mississippi surrenders to U.S. Navy gunboats Battles/Soldiers 05/12/1862 U.S. Navy gunboats demand the surrender of Natchez, Mississippi Battles/Soldiers 07/13/1863 Union troops occupy Natchez, Mississippi, further ensuring the opening of the Mississippi River Battles/Soldiers People Birthplace of Davis, Varina Howell Harris, Nathaniel Harrison Burial Place of Dahlgren, Charles G. Dockery, Thomas Pleasant Martin, William Thompson Quitman, John Anthony Documents Date Title 12/12/1857 New York Times, “Escape of Negroes,” December 12, 1857 08/25/1863 Stephen Duncan to Mary Duncan, August 25, 1863, Natchez, Mississippi. Images Natchez, Mississippi, 1861, artist's impression Federal troops occupy Natchez, Mississippi, July 13, 1863, artist's impression
