New Madrid, MO

New Madrid, Mo., c. h. New Madrid co. On the N. side of a considerable bend in the Mississippi River. 271 miles S. E. from Jefferson City. In 1811 and 1812 this place was visited with earthquakes. (Gazetteer of the United States of America, 1854)
Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
New Madrid County, MO

New Madrid, Missouri (Hayward)

Gazetteer/Almanac
New Madrid, Mo., c. h. New Madrid co. On the N. side of a considerable bend in the Mississippi River. 271 miles S. E. from Jefferson City. In 1811 and 1812 this place was visited with earthquakes.
John Hayward, Gazetteer of the United States of America… (Philadelphia: James L. Gihon, 1854), 478.
Date Type
Confederate troops hastily evacuate New Madrid, Missouri in the face of a powerful Union advance Battles/Soldiers
On the Kentucky Bend of the Mississippi, Island Number Ten falls to Union army and navy forces Battles/Soldiers
- The U.S.S. Carondelet makes her daring night run past the Confederate blockade on the Mississippi Battles/Soldiers
Date Title
Claiborne Fox Jackson to the Soldiers and Fellow-Citizens of Missouri, December 13, 1861
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