Marvelous Old Mansions and Other Southern Treasures by Sylvia Higginbotham

Author:Sylvia Higginbotham
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Travel & Outdoors
ISBN: 9780895874429
Publisher: John F. Blair, Publisher
Published: 2000-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

Ten years after Faulkner’s death in 1962, his daughter Jill sold Rowan Oak to the University of Mississippi. The University Museums now run it as a house museum.

Open daily for tours except Monday; an admission is charged.

Holly Springs

This town comes right out of the 1830s, and it is indeed a lovely look at the past. Holly Springs was established as a planned community for the younger sons of wealthy planters from Virginia and the Carolinas. The original families purchased the land and set up plantations, complete with new homes. After the homes were ready for occupancy, the new owners moved to Mississippi.

During the Civil War, Union general Ulysses S. Grant made Holly Springs his supply base while he attempted to capture Vicksburg. The base was here until Confederate general Earl Van Dorn captured the Union supplies. Raids between the two forces continued in the area, and the capture of Vicksburg was delayed. Although control of Holly Springs changed many times during the Civil War, the town remained surprisingly intact.

General Grant’s wife, Julia, lived at Walter Place during much of the war. On at least one occasion, she was known to have intervened on behalf of the friends she’d made in Holly Springs when the town was threatened. According to rumor, when the Confederate troops once retook the town and captured Mrs. Grant’s residence, the soldiers remained Southern gentlemen and would not search her bedroom. Had they not been so chivalrous, they would have found important papers pertaining to Union troop movement.

The Marshall County Historical Society Museum displays Civil War artifacts and history, as well as a collection of antique clothing, costumes, farm tools, and Indian artifacts. Many lovely antebellum homes remain in Holly Springs, though few are open for tours except during the annual spring Pilgrimage. Holly Springs is about thirty minutes east of Memphis. For information, contact the Chamber of Commerce at (662) 252-2943.

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