a slave state
Mississippi was a southern state that joined the Confederate States of America.
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I think what you're looking for is the 4th of July. This was not missed during the Civil War, though, but for decades AFTER the was was not a state holiday in Mississippi. County courthouses did not close on the 4th of July in Mississippi until after WWII, because the 4th of July was the day that Vicksburg surrendered during the Civil War, in 1863.
Vicksburg is in southwest Mississippi across the river from the part of Louisiana that is below the Arkansas border.
Mississippi was a slave state until the end of the Civil War.
Mississippi was an important state during the Civil War because of its "linch-pin" or "hinge" position in the South. So long as Mississippi was held by the South, the Union would be unable to gain control of the Mississippi River or to threaten the Deep South's resources from the West.
Jefferson Davis served as the Senator for the state of Mississippi before he became the president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. He served as a senator from 1847-1851.
Mississippi was a Confederate state during the Civil War. On January 9, 1861 Mississippi became the second southern state to declare its secession from the United States of America. On February 4, 1861 it joined with six other southern states to form the Confederacy.
Vicksburg is a town in the State of Mississippi that is located on the Mississippi River. It was the scene of a campaign during the American Civil War in 1863. A city of western Mississippi on bluffs above the Mississippi River west of Jackson. During the Civil War it was besieged from 1862 to 1863 and finally captured by troops led by Ulysses S. Grant on July 4, 1863. Population: 25,700.
Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Georgia.