Mississippi history facts of the 1800's:

The Native Indians of Mississippi were the Biloxi, Capinans, Chakchiuma, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Choula, Dakota, Grigra, Houma, Ibitoupa, Koroa, Moctobi, Natchez, Ofo, Okelousa, Pascagoula, Pensacola, Quapaw, Taposa, Tiou, Tunica and Yazoo tribes

1803
The Louisiana Purchase - the United States bought the Louisiana Territory from France. The U.S. Secretary of State, James Madison paid 15 million dollars for the land

1805
By the Treaty of Mount Dexter, the Choctaws sell 4.5 million acres of land to the U.S. government and this opens up land to white settlement

1812 - 1815
The War of 1812 between U.S. and Great Britain, ended in a stalemate but
confirmed America's Independence

1805
Zebulon M. Pike (1779-1813), a native of New Jersey, explores Upper Mississippi

1861 - 1865
The American Civil War.

1859
John Brown raided Harpers Ferry and set in
motion events that led directly to the outbreak of the Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln, a known opponent of slavery, was elected president and in 1861 the South Secedes. The initial Secession of South Carolina was followed by the secession of Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. These eleven states eventually formed the Confederate States of America. The bombardment of Fort Sumter was the opening engagement of the American Civil War.

1865 April 9 1865
Robert E. Lee surrendered signaling the end of the Confederacy.

1865 December 6
The Abolishment of Slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S Constitution is ratified, thus officially abolishing slavery

1898-1901 December 10, 1898
The Spanish American War. The Treaty of Paris the US annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines.

Origin of the name
Named after In 1666 French explorers in the western Great Lakes region recorded 'Messipi' as their rendering of the Ojibwa name for the river they had come upon - misi-sipi meaning “big river.”