![]() The decision of a group of ladies to decorate the Union and Confederate graves with flowers together on April 25, 1866, is an early example of what became Memorial Day. One of the hospitals was located at the still-operating Annunciation Catholic Church, built in 1863. Many of the casualties from the Battle of Shiloh were brought there, and thousands were buried in the town's Friendship Cemetery. Because of this the Union ordered the invasion of Columbus but was stopped by General Nathan Bedford Forrest.This is substantiated in the book "The Battle of West Point: Confederate Triumph at Ellis Bridge" by John McBride. ![]() However, Columbus also had an arsenal that made gunpowder, handguns and a few cannons. Civil War and aftermath ĭuring the American Civil War, Columbus was a hospital town. In fact, during its early post-Mississippi-founding history, the city of Columbus itself was still referred to as Columbus, Alabama. However, its status as such awaited a correction to the territorial boundary of Mississippi and Alabama which, demarcated only a year earlier, had Franklin Academy in Alabama. One of the first actions taken by the city's founders was to establish a public school Franklin Academy remains in operation to the present day as Mississippi's first public school. Silas McBee suggested the name Columbus in return, a small local creek bears McBee's name. The survivors of the flood moved to a site occupied by Thomas Moore and Dr. Plymouth Bluff (above the ruined settlement) is today an environmental center for Mississippi University for Women. Columbus came into existence as a result of the failure of a flooded settlement across the river, Plymouth, which was established in 1817. The name Possum Town remains the town's nickname among locals. Before its incorporation, the town site was referred to informally as Possum Town, a name which was given by the local Native Americans. ![]() interpreter for the Choctaw Nation, moved to Plymouth Bluff where he built a home, established a farm and transacted Choctaw Agency business.Ĭolumbus was founded in 1821. However, the site does not enter the main continuity of American history until December 1810, when John Pitchlynn, the U.S. The first record of the site of Columbus in Western history is found in the annals of the explorer Hernando de Soto, who is reputed to have crossed the nearby Tombigbee River on his search for El Dorado. Columbus is also part of the area of northeast Mississippi called The Golden Triangle, consisting of Columbus, West Point and Starkville, in the counties of Lowndes, Clay and Oktibbeha. It is the county seat of Lowndes County and the principal city of the Columbus Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the larger Columbus-West Point Combined Statistical Area. The population in 2012 was estimated to be 23,452. The population was 23,640 at the 2010 census. The population was 25,944 at the 2000 census. It is approximately 146 miles (235 km) northeast of Jackson, 92 miles (148 km) north of Meridian, 63 miles (101 km) south of Tupelo, 60 miles (97 km) northwest of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and 120 miles (193 km) west of Birmingham, Alabama. View is upstream to the north.Ĭolumbus is a city in Lowndes County, Mississippi that lies above the Tombigbee River. ![]() Luxapalila Creek running through the center of Columbus. ![]()
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