The city of Jackson was once known as LeFleur’s Bluff. Jackson was founded in 1821 at the site of a trading post situated on a Bluff on the west bank of the Pearl River. The trading post was operated by a French-Canadian named Louis LeFleur. The Mississippi state legislature wanted the seat of government out of the Natchez area into a more central location. Thomas Hinds, James Patton, and William Lattimore were commissioned to locate a town that could become the state of capital. They reached LeFleur’s Bluff in Hinds County and reported it back to the general. On November 28, 1821, a legislative act authorized the location to be the permanent seat of government for the state. It was named Jackson, in honor of General Andrew Jackson.
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The railroads that met there brought in much more traffic and activity, soldiers came and went through the city. Confederate state, state manufacturing and supply depots also increased the traffic in the city. By 1860, Jackson had a population of 3,191 citizens; that number increased with the coming war. In early January 1861, the convention to remove the state from the union set Mississippi on the path toward war. The legislators were unware that they were putting their capital city in danger. On January 9, 1861, when Mississippi seceded from the Union, Jackson became a seat of war. The governor, Pettus acquired arms and supplies for the large number of volunteers coming into the state army. The legislature was also busy helping with the war by paying for the war and holding sessions to deal with arming the state. During the Civil War, the city was demolished and burned three times by Union troops under the command of General William T. Sherman. The war was not yet fought in Jackson, However there were major effects on the Jacksonians, prices rose steadily as goods become scarcer. And then there was devastation when an ammunition factory in the city exploded in November, 1862, killing around forty workers, most were women and …show more content…
This caused Governor Pettus to remove treasury, archives, and various departments of state before General Grant’s arrival. The formal seat of state government did not return to Jackson until the end of the war. In May, 1863, when the government left and did not return until the end of the war, the city was almost uninhabited. Being between the major Federal region around Vicksburg and the confederate-held territory, Jackson was captured four more times. The federal returned to Jackson July, 1863, to finish destruction. Union troops captured the city for the fifth time in May 1865. This war in Jackson did not just affect it population. The capturing and continual recapture of Jackson had an effect all over the state of Mississippi. Jackson was seen as their symbolic center, the captures had overwhelming effects of the people. Pursuing this further, the continual recaptures gave the Mississippians a feeling that the government could no longer protect them. The federals capturing the state over and over at any time, demonstrated how the Confederate resistance collapsed. This was also evidence that the federals could march anywhere over the state. Consequently, the Union forces won the encounter, Jacksonians could not deny it with own experiences in the
The railroads that met there brought in much more traffic and activity, soldiers came and went through the city. Confederate state, state manufacturing and supply depots also increased the traffic in the city. By 1860, Jackson had a population of 3,191 citizens; that number increased with the coming war. In early January 1861, the convention to remove the state from the union set Mississippi on the path toward war. The legislators were unware that they were putting their capital city in danger. On January 9, 1861, when Mississippi seceded from the Union, Jackson became a seat of war. The governor, Pettus acquired arms and supplies for the large number of volunteers coming into the state army. The legislature was also busy helping with the war by paying for the war and holding sessions to deal with arming the state. During the Civil War, the city was demolished and burned three times by Union troops under the command of General William T. Sherman. The war was not yet fought in Jackson, However there were major effects on the Jacksonians, prices rose steadily as goods become scarcer. And then there was devastation when an ammunition factory in the city exploded in November, 1862, killing around forty workers, most were women and …show more content…
This caused Governor Pettus to remove treasury, archives, and various departments of state before General Grant’s arrival. The formal seat of state government did not return to Jackson until the end of the war. In May, 1863, when the government left and did not return until the end of the war, the city was almost uninhabited. Being between the major Federal region around Vicksburg and the confederate-held territory, Jackson was captured four more times. The federal returned to Jackson July, 1863, to finish destruction. Union troops captured the city for the fifth time in May 1865. This war in Jackson did not just affect it population. The capturing and continual recapture of Jackson had an effect all over the state of Mississippi. Jackson was seen as their symbolic center, the captures had overwhelming effects of the people. Pursuing this further, the continual recaptures gave the Mississippians a feeling that the government could no longer protect them. The federals capturing the state over and over at any time, demonstrated how the Confederate resistance collapsed. This was also evidence that the federals could march anywhere over the state. Consequently, the Union forces won the encounter, Jacksonians could not deny it with own experiences in the