Okolona in the Civil War - Okolona, MS
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N 34° 00.257 W 088° 44.834
16S E 338645 N 3764007
Okolona in the Civil War historic marker located on W main Street at N Gatlin St.
Waymark Code: WM3EZ8
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 03/25/2008
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Okolona in the Civil War
Throughout the Civil War, Confederate forces were stationed in Okolona, taking advantage of the agriculturally rich prairie region. With a large supply depot, the town was the object of Union raids at least twice. On February 22, 1864, Maj. Gen. William Sooy Smith’s expedition was defeated by Nathan Bedford Forrest’s cavalry in a day long battle. Later, in December, Benjamin Grierson, commanding a cavalry raid down the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, occupied and burned much of the town of Okolona.
Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 2006