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2. Camp Van Dorn - Wikipedia

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   Camp Van Dorn is a former military installation in Centreville, Mississippi, in both Wilkinson and Amite counties. [1] Established in 1942 during World War II, the base was named for Confederate General Earl Van Dorn from Mississippi. Holding up to 30,000 troops for training, it operated until 1946, after which it was declared surplus to ...

3. Keesler Air Force Base - Wikipedia

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   The War Department activated Army Air Corps Station No. 8, Aviation Mechanics School, Biloxi, Mississippi, on 12 June 1941. On August 25, 1941, the base was dedicated as Keesler Army Airfield, in honor of 2d Lt Samuel Reeves Keesler Jr., a Mississippi native and distinguished aerial observer, killed in action in France during the First World War.

4. 16th Mississippi Infantry Regiment - Wikipedia

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   The 16th Mississippi was among the last defenders of Fort Gregg that day, holding the fortifications against superior numbers to allow the remnants of Robert E. Lee's army to retreat until they were overwhelmed by Union forces. 4 officers and 68 surviving men of the 16th Regiment surrendered after the Union breakthrough at Petersburg. [2]

5. List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft ...

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   At an altitude of 20,000 feet, this was the highest fatal World War II training accident in Nebraska. One bomber crashed in the adjoining farm fields of Frank Hromadka Sr. and Anna Matejka, 2 miles N and ½ mile E of Milligan, Nebraska. The other crashed in the farmyard of Mike and Fred Stech, 3 miles N and 2 miles E of Milligan.

6. 7th Mississippi Infantry Battalion - Wikipedia

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   After being reorganized at Enterprise, Mississippi, and placed under the command of General Claudius W. Sears, the battalion took part in the Atlanta campaign and Hood’s Tennessee campaign. The remnants of the 7th Battalion were ordered to Mobile, Alabama in February, 1865, and surrendered on April 8th, 1865 after the Battle of Spanish Fort .

7. Black Civil War soldiers honored, name by name, at Vicksburg ...

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   In early 1864, 18 soldiers and two white officers traveled by boat some 95 miles (153 kilometers) north along the Mississippi River to Chicot County, Arkansas, to forage for crops to feed people ...