Built 1822 Designated NHL January 19, 1989 Added to NRHP 16 August 1977 | NRHP Reference # 77000781 Opened 1822 | |
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Rosalie mansion natchez ms
Rosalie Mansion is a historic pre-Civil War mansion in Natchez, Mississippi, significant for its Greek Revival style influence on Antebellum architecture in the greater region. During the American Civil War, it served as Union headquarters for the Natchez area from July 1863 on.
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- Rosalie mansion natchez ms
- Top 16 best tourist attractions in natchez mississippi
- History
- Historic house museum
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Top 16 best tourist attractions in natchez mississippi
History
Rosalie Mansion was built for Peter Little, a wealthy cotton broker, in 1823 on the bluff overlooking the Mississippi River. It is on a portion of the site of the Natchez Indians' 1729 massacre of the French at Fort Rosalie.
On July 13, 1863, a week after the Battle of Vicksburg, General Grant took possession of Rosalie to use as Union Army headquarters. On August 26, 1863, General Walter Gresham took command of Union Army troops at Natchez. His headquarters remained at Rosalie.
Gresham had much of the owner's furnishings stored in the attic and put under guard to prevent theft or destruction. Union army tents covered much of the property surrounding the mansion. Union Army soldiers were placed in position in the observatory on top of the mansion.
Historic house museum
Rosalie Mansion has been owned, operated, and maintained as a historic house museum by the Mississippi State Society Daughters of the American Revolution, for more than seventy years.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989. Photography is not allowed inside the mansion.
