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The Vietnam War and Mississippi

Theme and Time Period

The fall of the South Vietnamese capital, Saigon, to Communist forces in 1975 marked the end of thirty years of American involvement in the Vietnam War. Since the late 1940s, the United States had attempted to contain the spread of Communism in this region, and after 1954 had supported the division of the country into Communist North Vietnam and non-Communist South Vietnam. It was complicated, however, by home-grown Communists in South Vietnam who waged a civil war to achieve unification with North Vietnam.

Black Confederate Pensioners After the Civil War

Theme and Time Period

The service of African Americans with the Confederate army during the American Civil War has long intrigued historians and Civil War buffs. Were these men soldiers or servants? Did they get shot? Why did they serve, and what was the nature of the relationship between Bblack servants and their White masters in uniform? The answers to these questions may never be completely understood, but one thing is clear from a variety of sources: African Americans were an integral part of the Confederate war effort. 

World War I: Loyalty and Dissent in Mississippi during the Great War, 1917-1918 Lesson Plan

OVERVIEW

As the United States entered World War I in 1917, the nation stood divided on the country’s entry. Even within our own state, public opinion was divided. As political turmoil brewed in the state over the U.S. war effort, many men answered the call of duty while others opposed the country’s war effort. The viewpoints of Mississippians can best be seen in the actions and through the words of Mississippi’s two U.S. senators, John Sharp Williams and James K. Vardaman.

Letter To A Wife On Death Of Her Husband

Theme and Time Period

Return to Mississippi Soldiers in the Civil War

 

Hd. Qrs. Mabry’s Brig.
Camp W Okolona Miss.
July 20, 1864
Mrs. Maj. Robb. C. McCay

With feelings of deepest sorrow I announce to you the death of your husband: Maj. Robert C. McCay 38th Miss. (Mounted Infty.). He was killed in battle at Harrisburg Miss. on the 14th Inst. while gallantly leading his regiment.

Healing A Wound In Prison Hospitals

Theme and Time Period

Return to Mississippi Soldiers in the Civil War

 

Diary of Thomas E. Wilkins, Brooksville; 11th Mississippi Regiment.

August 18, 1864
We went into the fight and I was wounded about 4 o’clock and I layed out on the Battle field about one hour and then I was taken a Prisoner and carryed back to the Hospital and then I got my wond dressed.

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