Firing on the A.O. Tyler - Vicksburg, MS
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kwashnak
N 32° 21.083 W 090° 52.992
15S E 699196 N 3581355
In Catfish Row Art Park, Levee Street, Vicksburg
Waymark Code: WMGQ40
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 03/30/2013
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Firing on the A.O. Tyler
On January 13, 1861, the steamer A.O. Tyler, en route downriver to New Orleans, was fired on by militia sent to protect Vicksburg. The Tyler, which was later used as a U.S. timberclad gunboat, was searched and released. The firing on the Tyler, just four days after Mississippi's secession, was one of the first shots of the Civil War.
Mississippi Department of Archives and History 2003
Date Installed:: 2003/1/1
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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