THE HISTORICAL
MARKER DATABASE
“Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History”
 
 
 
 
 
 
5 entries match your criteria.  

 
 

Entries Containing All of the Phrases «lowndes county» AND «mississippi»

This list will also include matches for inflectional* forms of the words.
 
By Craig Swain, June 28, 2008
Front Inscription
RANKED BY RELEVANCE
1 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Gettysburg, Cumberland Township — 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment —
(Front):Davis' Brigade - Heth's Division A.P. Hill's Corps Army of Northern Virginia Confederate States of America Afternoon July 2 - July 4, 1863 (Back):The 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, under the command of Col. Francis M. . . . — — Map (db m11596) HM WM

2 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Prisoners at Alton Military Prison — 1862-1865 —
Prisoners at Alton Military Prison The Alton Military Prison was inhabited by four different classes of prisoner, Confederates, civilians, Federal soldiers and a group called guerillas or bushwhackers. Confederate prisoners of war made up . . . — — Map (db m211487) HM

3 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Struggle of Racial Injustice — 32 Deaths of Civil Rights Organizers, Boycotters & Marchers — Montgomery Square - Legacy Site —
Scores of people lost their lives in the struggle against racial injustice. Here are the portraits of 32 people whose deaths profoundly impacted those who organized, boycotted, and marched in Montgomery, Alabama. [Left to Right - . . . — — Map (db m304155) HM
4 ► Mississippi, Lowndes County, Columbus — 20 — Columbus Mississippi Blues — Mississippi Blues Trail —
The Black Prairies of eastern Mississippi have produced a number of notable blues musicians, including Howlin’ Wolf, Bukka White, and Big Joe Williams. Activity in Columbus, the largest city in the region, centered around areas such as this block of . . . — — Map (db m27607) HM

5 ► Alabama, Lowndes County, White Hall — No Isolated Incident — Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail —
For African Americans in the 1960s, being kicked off white-owned lands for trying to register to vote no isolated incident. Just as had happened here in Lowndes County, blacks in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Greene County, Alabama, were driven from . . . — — Map (db m112389) HM
 
 
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
CeraNet Cloud Computing sponsors the Historical Marker Database.
This website earns income from purchases you make after using our links to Amazon.com. We appreciate your support.
Paid Advertisement
Nov. 12, 2026