U.S. Navy gunboats demand the surrender of Natchez, Mississippi

Steady Union gains up and down the Mississippi brought U.S. Navy gunboats to Natchez.  Commander James Palmer of the U.S.S. Iroquois, demanded surrender on the terms offered to New Orleans.  With Confederate forces gone, Mayor John Hunter replied the next day that the city would not resist conquest but could not guarantee Palmer's demand that the Stars and Stripes would "wave unmolested and respected" over Natchez. (By John Osborne). 
Source Citation
Frank Moore, ed., The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, Etc. (New York: G.P. Putnam, 1863), V: 423-424. 
    Date Certainty
    Exact
    Type
    Battles/Soldiers
    How to Cite This Page: "U.S. Navy gunboats demand the surrender of Natchez, Mississippi," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/39138.