Historical Markers and War Memorials in Iuka, Mississippi
Iuka is the county seat for Tishomingo County
Iuka is in Tishomingo County
Tishomingo County(30) ► ADJACENT TO TISHOMINGO COUNTY Alcorn County(69) ► Itawamba County(21) ► Prentiss County(14) ► Colbert County, Alabama(108) ► Franklin County, Alabama(20) ► Lauderdale County, Alabama(239) ► Hardin County, Tennessee(632) ►
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Built at Eastport and moved to Iuka circa 1860, this house served as Confederate Brigadier General Henry Little's headquarters during the battle of Iuka. Killed in the action, Little was buried in the yard of the house. His body was later moved to . . . — — Map (db m51744) HM
Bloody clash of Sept. 19, 1862 resulted from attempt of Gen. Wm. Rosecrans, U.S.A., to expel Gen. Sterling Price, C.S.A., from N.E. Mississippi.
In 2 hours one-third of men engaged were casualties. — — Map (db m238818) HM
A Native of Maryland, Confederate Brigadier General Lewis Henry Little (1817-1862) was the son of a long~time U.S. congressman and a former U.S. Army officer. As a Confederate general, Little was given command of Missouri troops and headed a . . . — — Map (db m178885) HM
Erected in 1873, this board-and-batten Carpenter Gothic structure was designed by James B. Cook, Architect, and was purchased by citizens from the Episcopal Diocese in 1985 to prevent removal. Placed on National Register of Historic Places in 1991. . . . — — Map (db m51747) HM
N. 8 mi. Former Chickasaw post, where Natchez Trace crossed Tenn. R. Chartered, 1838. Once had fine homes, a hotel, a college, & two newspapers. Decline came when railroads bypassed it. — — Map (db m205276) HM
On March 24 and April 1, 1862, the Union gunboats Tyler and Lexington attacked Confederate fortifications at Eastport. On April 13, following the battle of Shiloh, William T. Sherman returned to Eastport, drove off the defenders, and . . . — — Map (db m205277) HM
Chartered in 1857. Often used as military headquarters in the Civil War. Site of one of the South's first normals. Iuka's mineral waters took first prize at St. Louis World's Fair in 1904. — — Map (db m51743) HM
Chartered members from Eastport. Edifice erected 1859.
Used as hospital during & after battle of Iuka.
Structure damaged & records lost in War.
Bishop Hoss formally dedicated building, 1898. — — Map (db m51746) HM
H.A. Dean & John Newhardt, continuing work begun in 1857, opened Iuka Normal Institute in 1882. Their reputations brought students from throughout the South. Graduates won distinctions. — — Map (db m66871) HM
Donated by Marshall and Reed Holley. Was the home of their grandfather, Joseph Henry Holley. Log House raised (erected) in 1879 in the New Hope Community of Prentiss County. — — Map (db m205275) HM
Land acquired 1857. Courthouse built 1888. Was in use from 1889 to 1971. Former Governor J.M. Stone supervised erection. Building housed Tishomingo County Singing Convention from 1917 until 1971. — — Map (db m51745) HM
Revolutionary War soldier who enlisted at Laurens County, SC, in 1778. Served three years. Fought at Kings Mountain, SC, the turning point battle of the Revolutionary War in the South. Patriot William Gray lies at rest with his family in old Gray . . . — — Map (db m66891) HM
During the battle of Iuka on Sept. 19, 1862, the 11th Ohio battery repulsed four Confederate assaults before finally being overrun by the 3rd Texas Cavalry, 3rd Louisiana Infantry and the Texas Legion. Of the fifty-four cannoneers in the battery, . . . — — Map (db m51749) HM
Here lie 263 of Sterling Price's command who fell in Battle of Iuka, 1862. These unknown dead were once marked by a U.D.C. monument & an enclosing wall. — — Map (db m205273) HM
According to tradition, Woodall Mountain was called Yaw Hill or Yaw Mountain before 1898. It was renamed for Zaphaniah H. Woodall, who was the sheriff of Tishomingo County when, in 1887, the first Tishomingo County Courthouse at Iuka, along with the . . . — — Map (db m105689) HM
