Claiborne County, Mississippi (Fanning's, 1853)

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Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 82.
CLAIBORNE COUNTY, situated on the western boundary of Mississippi, on the east side of Mississippi river, with Big Black river on the northwest. Area, 500 square miles. Face of the country hilly, except along the stream. Soil varied from rich bottom lands to sterile hills and sandy pine plains. Seat of justice, Port Gibson. Pop. in 1820, 5,963; in 1830, 9,818; in 1840, 13,078; in 1850, 14,899.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States....

Amite County, Mississippi (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 24.
AMITE COUNTY, situated in the southwest part of Mississippi, on the north line of Louisiana. Length, 30 miles; breadth, 24, with an area of 720 square miles. The face of the country is moderately hilly, but contains a considerable alluvion or “bottom land,” and much of the surface is covered by pine forests. Courts are held at Liberty. Pop. in 1820, 6,859; in 1830, 7,943; in 1840, 9,511; in 1850, 9,694.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States....

Adams County, Mississippi (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 18.
ADAMS COUNTY, in the southwest part of Mississippi, bordering on the Mississippi and Homochitto rivers. It is 40 miles in length, with a mean breadth of about 15, and an area of about 600 square miles. The surface is by hill and dale, the soil fertile and well watered. Courts are held at Natchez. Pop. in 1820, 12,073; in 1830, 14,919; in 1840, 19,434; in 1850, 18,069.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States....

Union garrison at Harpers Ferry burns the Arsenal and withdraws in an overnight march to Pennsylvania

The evening of the day after Virginia seceded, Lieutenant R. Jones, in command of the U.S. Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, learned that several thousand state troops were to arrive within hours.  He immediately ordered the firing of the buildings and stores, which held almost 15,000 small arms.  He then marched his forty-three men all night northwards, and arrived at the Cavalry Barracks in Carlisle, Pennsylvania the following afternoon.  (By John Osborne)  
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