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  Jackson, Mississippi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jackson was originally planned out in April 1822 by Peter Van Dorn in a "checkerboard" pattern advocated by Thomas Jefferson, in which city blocks alternated with parks and other open spaces, giving the appearance of a checkerboard.
Jackson's economic growth was stimulated in the 1930s by the discovery of natural gas fields nearby.
Jackson is located on the Pearl River, and is served by the Ross Barnett Reservoir, which forms a section of the Pearl River and is located northeast of Jackson on the border between Madison and Rankin counties.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jackson,_Mississippi   (2256 words)

  
 Battle of Jackson (MS) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Jackson, fought on May 14, 1863, in Jackson, Mississippi, was part of the Vicksburg Campaign in the American Civil War.
James B. McPherson —were advancing on Jackson, intending to cut the city and the railroads off from Vicksburg.
Johnston's evacuation of Jackson was a tragedy because he could, by late on May 14, have had 11,000 troops at his disposal and by the morning of May 15, another 4,000.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Jackson_(MS)   (389 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Jackson's ex-wife to testify
Ms Rowe is fighting a bitter custody battle with Jackson over their children, Prince Michael, 8, and Paris, 7.
Ms Rowe made the videotape at around the same time that the singer's young accuser and his family were also filmed extolling his virtues.
Jackson, 46, is accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy in February or March 2003, giving the boy alcohol and conspiring to hold the boy's family captive to get them to rebut Mr Bashir's documentary.
www.guardian.co.uk /jackson/story/0,15819,1470724,00.html   (632 words)

  
 OzClubbers News Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Jackson stands accused of plotting to kidnap his 13-year-old sex accuser and the boy's family in February and March 2003 to force them to make an allegedly tightly-scripted video aimed at dispelling suspicion over the star's relationship with the youth.
Ms Rowe, who met Jackson when she worked in his dermatologist's office, was married to the pop icon from 1996 to 1999 and bore him two children, whom she agreed not to contact under the terms of a 2001 pact terminating her parental rights.
Jackson, 46, has denied 10 charges, including molestation, plying the cancer patient with alcohol to seduce him and plotting to kidnap the boy and his family in February and March of 2003.
gold.ozclubbers.com /news/newsdetail.asp?ID=267   (591 words)

  
 Battle of Jackson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
To cover the march on Jackson, Major General John A. McClernand's corps was placed in a defensive posture on a line from Raymond to Clinton.
That night as the Federals were poised to strike at Jackson, Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston arrived in the capitol.
As Sherman's and McPherson's corps converged on Jackson, McPherson's men were hit by Confederate artillery posted on the O. Wright farm.
www.raymondms.com /battle2.htm   (427 words)

  
 Battery B, 4th U.S. Light Artillery - Selected Chronology of the Civil War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Battle of Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing (TN), GEN Albert Sydney Johnston dies (6 Apr.).
Battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg (MD); Battle of Munfordville (KY).
Battle of Appomattox ( Appomattox Campaign, VA), Lee surrenders Army of Northern Virginia; Battle of Ft. Blakely (AL).
www.batteryb.com /battles/chronology.html   (1585 words)

  
 Vicksburg Campaign II - 2001 Re-enactment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Battle of Raymond, May 12th; the Battle of Jackson, May 14th; the Battle of Champion Hill, May 16th; and the Battle of the Big Black River, May 17th.
These troops nearly won the day, staggering the Union battle lines at their position until fresh forces were thrown into the fight by General Grant, swinging the tide of battle.
The 1998 Reenactment of the Battle of Raymond, the Battle of Jackson, and the battle of Champion Hill proved to be one of the most brilliant series of events ever held in the Town of Raymond.
www.raymondms.com /2001.htm   (879 words)

  
 Jackson Convention & Visitors Bureau Jackson MS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Jackson, Mississippi is proud of her history and of those who have made sacrifices to bring our city – and our state – forward.
Soldiers of all wars are honored at the War Memorial Building, where the faces of the soldiers carved into the building are all the same – representing the kinship of all Mississippians who gave their life in defense of their country.
In front of this historic building with its original “barn doors” is the Jackson Fallen Fire Fighter’s Memorial, an emotionally endearing statue of a firefighter holding a small boy in his arms.
www.visitjackson.com /tours_jacksonItin_5.php   (389 words)

  
 Jackson, Mississippi Civil War site photos
Battle of Jackson photos courtesy of Mike O'Neal, Greenwood, M S, and Brian Risher of Oxford, MS.
A fire bell on the lawn was the only bell in the city to escape being melted for ammunition.
The statue in the middle is of Andrew Jackson, for whom the city was named.
www.civilwaralbum.com /vicksburg/jackson.htm   (209 words)

  
 Senator Mark Schauer, District 19   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Jackson YMCA Pathfinders group and their group leaders during their tour of the State Capitol on July 7, 2005.
The Jackson YMCA Pathfinders group in the State Capitol in Lansing on June 28, 2004.
The Jackson YMCA Trailblazers group in the State Capitol in Lansing on June 28, 2004.
www.senate.michigan.gov /schauer/photos1.htm   (3405 words)

  
 Battle of Jackson
Late in the afternoon of May 13, as the Federals were poised to strike at Jackson, a train arrived in the capital city carrying Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston.
Sherman's corps meanwhile reached Lynch Creek southwest of Jackson at 11 o'clock and was immediately fired upon by Confederate artillery posted in the open fields north of the stream.
Confederate casualties in the battle of Jackson were not accurately reported, but estimated at 845 killed, wounded, and missing.
www.nps.gov /vick/vcmpgn/jackson.htm   (617 words)

  
 5th Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The battery was engaged at the Battle of Shiloh Tennessee, fighting all day long and took part in the heroic and desperate stand at the Hornets Nest.
The 5th also participated in the seige and battle of Corinth, the seige of Vicksburg MS, the battle of Jackson, MS and the taking of Little Rock, AK.
Here is a brief description of the Battle of Shiloh taken mostly from the accounts by Captain Hickenlooper and some other sources.
users.adelphia.net /~piobair   (301 words)

  
 Jackson, MS
Jackson, MS Vicksburg is a little outside of Jackson and it is the home of the Civil War Memorial.
Apparently Vicksburg sat at a vary strategic point in the Mississippi river during the civil war.
Each state who was represented in the Vicksburg battle has a memorial, some are large, some are small.
www.jamact.com /home/tennessee/jackson.cfm   (189 words)

  
 Evisum.com The Educational Vortal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Andrew M Jackson and Co - Large commercial legal practice based in Hull providing a wide range of commercial legal services as well as services to individuals.
Andrew Jackson Council - Serving 22 counties in west-central Mississippi and Headquarted in Jackson, MS.
Troop 113 - Vicksburg, MS - Chartered by St. Alban's Episcopal Church in the Western District of the Andrew Jackson Council.
search.evisum.com /xtractor.cgi?search=Andrew+Jackson   (571 words)

  
 Battle Summary: Champion Hill, MS
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Pemberton was unaware that one Union column was moving along the Jackson Road against his unprotected left flank.
The Federals swept forward, capturing the crossroads and closing the Jackson Road escape route.
www.cr.nps.gov /hps/abpp/battles/ms009.htm   (508 words)

  
 USCWC -- Battles
Battle for the Bridge Historic Preserve/Battle of Munfordville
Battle of Champion Hill, MS (May 16, 1863)
Battle of Fort Blakely and Spanish Fort, AL
www.cwc.lsu.edu /cwc/links/cwinfo2.htm   (214 words)

  
 Battle Summary: Jackson, MS
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James Birdseye McPherson—were advancing on Jackson, intending to cut the city and the railroads off from Vicksburg.
Johnston’s evacuation of Jackson was a tragedy because he could, by late on the 14th, have had 11,000 troops at his disposal and by the morning of the 15th, another 4,000.
www.cr.nps.gov /hps/abpp/battles/ms008.htm   (268 words)

  
 Troop Movements of the 8th Illinois Volunteer Infantry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
05/01/1863 - Battle of Port Gibson, Thompson's Hill, or Magnolia Church, MS [I.24.585]
Battle of Champion's Hill, or Baker's Creek; engagement at Big Black River Bridge, 8th Ills took field [I.24(II).135]
battle at Vicksburg, MS, Army of the Tennessee, Maj. Gen.
www.augustana.edu /library/specialcollections/51863a.html   (333 words)

  
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September 10 - Battle of Carnifex Ferry, WV September 12-15 - Battle of Cheat Mountain, WV.
December 7 - Battle of Prairie Grove, AR; Battle of Hartsville, TN.
December 26-29 - Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, MS.
www.america-at-war.net /civil.htm   (2950 words)

  
 Headlines about History and Historians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Battle of Yorktown/Re-enactors: If the Battle of Yorktown were held today, it would have to be moved.
First Baseball Card: Baseball historians Henry W. (Hank) Thomas, Kevin M. Keating and Frank J. Ceresi announced today that they have uncovered the first known baseball card, which dates to the early 19th century and predates other known cards by several decades.
Patrick Gray III, the former acting director of the F.B.I. whose misplaced trust in Richard M. Nixon and early missteps in handling the Watergate investigation made him a lasting victim of a scandal he ultimately helped to expose, died yesterday at his home in Atlantic Beach, Fla. He was 88.
hnn.us /articles/4480.html   (13643 words)

  
 Jackson Convention & Visitors Bureau Jackson MS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Jackson Convention & Visitors Bureau Jackson MS Welcome to the official Web site of the Jackson, Mississippi Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Jackson State University vs Alcorn State University with ancillary entertainment events.
Activities surrounding the Jackson State University and Alcorn State University football game include: a scholarship banquet, Battle of the Bands, a Greek Step Show, musical entertainment, the Miss Capital City Classic pageant and much more.
www.visitjackson.com /detail.php?id=646   (154 words)

  
 Wired News: MS Antitrust Battle Resumes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Both sides agreed to meet the following month, and even usually reticent US District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson pointedly suggested that the teams of lawyers put the free time to good use.
While the lawyers wrangled, advocacy groups have been busy trying to tilt the debate in their favor.
Most of the speakers, many of them anti-Microsoft partisans, agreed that something should be done -- but they couldn't agree on what.
wired-vig.wired.com /news/print/0,1294,19949,00.html   (1028 words)

  
 CivilWarAlbum.com Links
The Battle of Stones River (or Murfreesboro), Tenn.
The Battle of Marianna: A Forgotten Tragedy by Dr. J.
Battle of Griswoldville- Jones County, Georgia- Samuel GRISWOLD
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 Mississippi Public Broadcasting - Educating, Entertaining, Enlightening
Captain Steve Lindsley and Jackson city councilman Marshand Crisler relive their active duty time in Iraq in photographs and doctor Dan Edney describes his tsunami relief efforts, with home video, in southeast Asia.
Author Suzanne Marrs, a Welty scholar at Millsaps College, in Jackson, discusses her new book on the life of author Eudora Welty and efforts to transform the Welty home into a museum.
In this decisive battle of the English Civil War, Charles I's hopes were destroyed by Cromwell's New Model Army.
www.etv.state.ms.us   (816 words)

  
 The American Civil War Homepage
The 12 Battles and/or Campaigns of the Army of the Cumberland
Battle of Bloody Bridge, or the Battle for Burdens Causeway
Battle of Franklin, TN Chattanooga, A Civil War Battle
www.sunsite.utk.edu /civil-war/warweb.html   (4424 words)

  
 Daily News by Radok News
The cable giant Comcast Corp. is dropping its takeover bid for The Walt Disney Co., saying Disney management has made it clear it has no interest in putting the two companies together.
Instant-messaging software has evolved into the latest weapon in a fierce battle among major Internet companies to reap revenues off whatever you do, wherever you go online.
Rancic edged out fellow finalist Kwame Jackson, the laid-back 29-year-old New Yorker and Harvard MBA, for the Trump-described “dream job of a lifetime” and its $250,000 salary.
www.radoknews.com   (6939 words)

  
 Battle Focus Events Jan - June 2002
Aberdeen Symposium: Reflections on the Civil War, "The Battle of Shiloh," 2 hour lecture w/ slides
Vicksburg, MS April 12, 13, and 14, 2002
Jackson, MS Back to Schedules and Client Comments
www.battlefocus.com /schedule/e021.htm   (242 words)

  
 Western PA Civil War Roundtable   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
1863-Vicksburg Campaign - Battle of Jackson, MS 1864-Battle of Resaca, GA 1862-Battle of Drewy's Bluff, VA 1864-Battle of New Market, VA 1864-Battle of Resaca, GA 1863-Vicksburg Campaign-Battle of Champion's Hill, MS 1864-Battle of Drewty's Bluff, VA 1863-Vicksburg Campaign - Battle of Big Black River Bridge
May 23 - June 26, 1864 - Battle of North Anna, VA May 25 - June 3, 1864 - Battle of New Hope, VA
1862-Battle of Cornith, MS 1862-Battle of Cornith, MS 1864-Battle of Allatoona, GA 1862-Battle of Perryville, KY 1863-Campaign of Bristoe, VA begins
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 JacksonMS.org, A Portal Billboard of The Local Merchant's in Jackson Ms.
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 BookSense.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
"This first novel tells the story of Jasper Jackson-a contemporary calligrapher-whose latest commission is to inscribe the love sonnets of John Donne, and who lives those poetic themes in his experiences with the object of his affection.
This novel is a fascinating conversation about the changing (or unchanging) natures of men and women, about their relationships, and true love.
But I was absolutely charmed by this mesmerizing account of the pitched battle between three quirky and very obsessive individuals for a new North American birding record.
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