Holly Springs - Holly Springs, MS
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N 34° 46.061 W 089° 26.906
16S E 275923 N 3850012
Historical marker located in the courthouse square in Holly Springs.
Waymark Code: WM9HD7
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 08/22/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member oldAGE
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Marker reads:

"Holly Springs

Ante-bellum cotton town and center of social and cultural life. Home of 15 generals of Confederacy. Grant's outhern advance halted here by Van Dorn's great raid, December, 1862."
Date Installed:: 1945/1/1

Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Historical Commission

Related Website:: [Web Link]

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