Civil War Mississippi: A Guide

Other Places to Visit

Other Places to Visit A B E R D E E N Many antebellum homes. For information, call the Evans Memorial Library at 662-369-4601. B E A U V O I R Last home of Confederate PresidentJefferson Davis, located on the beachfront in Biloxi. For information, call 1-800-570-3818 or 228388 -9074. C O L U M B U S Many antebellum homes, including the postwar home of Confederate Lieutenant General Stephen D. Lee. For general information, call 1-800-327-2686 or 662-329-1191. The Lee home phone number is 662-327-8888. FORT M A S S A C H U S E T T S Located on Ship Island in the Gulf of Mexicosome twelve miles south of Biloxi. Initially occupied and then abandoned byConfederate forces, the fort and island were used as a staging area for the successful attack on NewOrleans in 1862. Afterward the site became a prisoner-of-war facility. For tour information, call 1-800-3883290 N A T C H E Z Location of some of the most spectacular antebellum homes in the South. For information, call 1-800-647-6724 or 601-446-6345. Other Places to Visit 131 R O S E M O N T Boyhood home ofJefferson Davis, near Woodville. For details, call the WoodvillePublic Library,601-888-6712. This page intentionally left blank ...