Jan 15, 2023 | Artifact - WW II
Miriam Hagan Collier (1916-1997), of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was a civilian employee at Camp Shelby during the Second World War. She worked at Quartermaster Laundries on post as a seamstress and clerk from 1941 to 1946. Collier made this cape and decorated the...
Mar 31, 2018 | Artifact - Early Missississippi History, Artifact - Spanish-American War
The War Department set the Mississippi Militia’s quota for the Spanish-American War to two regiments of militia volunteers. Governor Anselm J. McLaurin called for volunteers from the Mississippi Militia to report to Camp Port Henry, established near Jackson,...