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    Haunted Vicksburg
    Haunted Vicksburg
    Haunted Vicksburg
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    Haunted Vicksburg

    By Alan Brown

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    Discover the supernatural side of this Mississippi Civil War landmark—photos included.
     
    Perched on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River, Vicksburg is renowned for its history as a Civil War battlefield, and has become a popular tourist spot for its antebellum homes and beautiful magnolias. But it is also a city rich with ghost stories. In this book, you’ll discover tales of slaves, soldiers, and wealthy planters—and enjoy visits to such supernatural spots as the Duff Green Mansion, the Old Courthouse Museum, Stained-Glass Manor, Vicksburg National Military Park, and more.
     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateAug 27, 2010
    ISBN9781614235996
    Haunted Vicksburg
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    Alan Brown

    Alan Brown grew up in the suburbs of Kansas City and graduated from Shawnee Mission East High School in 1973 and Avila University in 1979. Now He lives in a suburb of St. Louis, MO with my wife and three daughters. He also has four sons that are grown and living outside the home. He enjoys writing about experiences he had growing up, examining the fantastical side, the dark side of a person’s natural fears. All of his books are based on a reality in his life. He is a fan of Alfred Hitchcock. Like his stories, Alan Brown’s will conclude with a twist, something he hope will take the reader by surprise.

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      Haunted Vicksburg - Alan Brown

      INTRODUCTION

      Vicksburg, like most river ports, is a city firmly grounded in its past. Ever since La Salle paddled down the Big Muddy in 1682 and claimed the entire Mississippi Valley, Vicksburg has been a hotly contested prize. Located high on a series of bluffs overlooking the horseshoe bend of the Mississippi, the area that was to become the city of Vicksburg passed through the hands of the Spanish before the United States finally purchased it from the Choctaw Nation in 1801. For forty-seven days in 1863, General Ulysses S. Grant tried to wrest Vicksburg from Confederate control. Lieutenant General Pemberton and his forces finally surrendered on July 4, 1863. Today, over one million tourists visit the Vicksburg National Military Park and the city’s beautiful antebellum neighborhoods.

      Even though Vicksburg will probably always be identified with the Civil War era, like Gettysburg, not all of its attractions involve Greek Revival architecture and magnolias. Barges loaded with over 300,000 tons of cargo pass through Vicksburg every day, traveling along the same routes steamboats used in the 1800s. The Miss Mississippi pageant, which is held in Vicksburg every July, casts a glamorous sheen over the old river city. Thousands of people travel to Vicksburg to try their luck at the Ameristar Casino every year.

      Still, Vicksburg is a city that treasures its history. Its lovingly preserved antebellum homes, many of which are now bed-and-breakfasts, transport visitors back to a time when gentlemen in top hats and frock coats and ladies in hoop skirts promenaded down the city streets. Vicksburg is also a city that celebrates its past through its ghost stories. In these tales of slaves, wealthy planters and Civil War soldiers, one can detect the core values—courage, determination, endurance, love of family and self-sacrifice—that have sustained the residents of Vicksburg for over two centuries.

      ANCHUCA

      The beautiful antebellum mansion at 1010 East First Street is located in one of Vicksburg’s oldest residential sections. The Greek Revival mansion was built in 1830 by a local politician named J.W. Mauldin. In 1837, a wealthy planter named Richard Planter moved into the mansion from Oaken Grove Plantation in Claiborne County. Archer enlarged the mansion to accommodate his large family, consisting of his wife, Ann, and five daughters. He named the house Anchuca, a Choctaw Indian word for Happy Home. In 1840, a coal and ice merchant named Victor Wilson purchased Anchuca. Seven years later, he added the columns in the front of the house to reflect the Greek Revival style. Anchuca became the first columned mansion in Vicksburg.

      People say that Wilson enjoyed watching his barges float down the Mississippi River. During the Siege of Vicksburg, Anchuca was used as a field hospital. In 1868, Joseph Emory Davis, Jefferson Davis’s older brother and mentor, moved into Anchuca. While visiting his brother in 1869, following his release from Deeral Prison, Jefferson Davis spoke to friends from Anchuca’s balcony. This was his last public speech. Joseph Emory Davis and his granddaughter lived at Anchuca until his death in 1870 at the age of eighty-seven. A number of different families lived in Anchuca in the late nineteenth and the early to mid-twentieth centuries. In 1936, Anchuca was owned by Mrs. William Joseph Vollor when it was surveyed by the American Historic Buildings Survey.

      Anchuca.

      Anchuca is now one of Vicksburg’s most popular bed-and-breakfasts. Most of the architectural elements, such as the heart pine floors, fireplace mantle and crown moldings, are original. However, none of the original furnishings remains. Period antiques, representing the late 1700s to the mid-1800s, give guests and tourists an idea of how Anchuca would have looked before the Civil War. Some of these antiques include an American Empire secretary of rosewood mahogany from the 1830s, a Victorian mirror from the 1860s, a chandelier of gilded bronze from 1780, a U.S. cavalry sword from 1860 and two rare prints by Audubon from 1832. One of the most interesting features is Wilson’s coal-burning fireplace. Anchuca was one of the first homes in Vicksburg to use coal for heat. One holdover from the past that is only occasionally on display is the ghost of Archie Archer.

      In an interview with author Sheila Turnage, innkeeper Lovetta Byrne said, The ghost story is that supposedly there was a man that lived here, who had a daughter. And she was dating this guy that he did not want her to date. According to Kathryn Tucker Windham, author of 13 Mississippi Ghosts and Jeffrey, the owner of the house was Richard Archer. His youngest daughter, Archie, was a lovely, headstrong girl who fell in love with Josh Melvin, the son of Richard Archer’s overseer. One day, Archer caught the couple sitting on a bench under a cypress tree. Josh stood up and asked Archer for his daughter’s hand in marriage. Furious, Archer struck Josh in the face with his riding whip and ordered him to leave. He then turned to Archie and told her that he could not allow her to marry someone so far beneath her. With tears streaming down her face, Archie vowed never again to eat at her father’s table. Until her father’s death in 1867, Archie had all of her meals served on the mantle above the fireplace in the parlor.

      The fireplace mantle in Anchuca where Archie Archer took her meals.

      The first sighting of Archie Archer’s ghost took place in 1966. According to author Kathryn Tucker Windham, one morning, the Lavenders’ teenage daughter walked into the parlor and saw a young woman about eighteen years old standing by the mantle. The girl was pretty, and she was wearing a brown dress. Archie’s ghost has been seen many times since then, either in the parlor or in the dining room. Loveta Byrne said that

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