Alamucha, Mississippi

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Alamucha, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Alamucha
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Alamucha
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 32°21′32″N88°28′07″W / 32.35889°N 88.46861°W / 32.35889; -88.46861 Coordinates: 32°21′32″N88°28′07″W / 32.35889°N 88.46861°W / 32.35889; -88.46861
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Lauderdale
Elevation
315 ft (96 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID691662 [1]

Alamucha (also Alamutcha) is an unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States. [1]

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It is located 16 mi (26 km) east of Meridian, and 3.5 mi (5.6 km) west of the Alabama state line.

History

Alamucha originated as a Choctaw settlement, and was named for the nearby Alamuchee Creek. [2] [3] [4]

Alamucha became one of the earliest non-native settlements in Lauderdale County. [5]

A postal road was established from Marion, via Alamucha, to Gaston, Alabama in 1838, and a post office had been established in Alamucha by 1841. [6] [7]

Lodge No. 130 of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Mississippi was established in Alamucha in 1850. [8]

Civil War

In 1861, local plantation owner Peter H. Bozeman recruited men to serve in "The Alamucha Infantry", of which Bozeman was captain. [9] Volunteers from Clarke, Lauderdale, Newton and Tippah counties joined the Alamucha Infantry (Company E), which was attached to the 13th Infantry. [10] [11] John J. McElroy, a merchant from Alamucha, enlisted in Bozeman's Company in May 1861, and the following month participated in the Battle of First Manassas. [12] Later in the war, Leonidas Polk, a general in the Confederate States Army, temporarily evacuated his troops to a location near Alamucha. [13]

Decline

Alamucha began to decline during 1850s and 1860s as railroads were constructed through neighboring communities. [14]

All that remains today at the settlement are some homes along Highway 496, and a station of the Alamucha Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department. [15]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alamucha
  2. ↑ Davis Davidson, June; Putnam, Richelle (2013). Legendary Locals of Meridian. Arcadia. p. 7. ISBN   9781467100793.
  3. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p.  58.
  4. ↑ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 3. ISBN   9781604734836.
  5. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 57.
  6. ↑ The Statutes at Large and Treaties of the United States of America. Vol. V. C.C. Little and J. Brown. 1850. p. 280.
  7. ↑ Register of All Officer and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1841. p. 241.
  8. ↑ Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi. Clarion Steam Printing. 1882. pp. 493, 534.
  9. ↑ Wynne, Ben (2006). Mississippi's Civil War: A Narrative History. Mercer University Press. p. 44. ISBN   9780881460391.
  10. ↑ Tucker, Phillip Thomas (2013). Barksdale's Charge: The True High Tide of the Confederacy at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. Casemate. pp. 168, 169. ISBN   9781612001807.
  11. ↑ Busey, John W.; Busey, Travis W. (2016). Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg. McFarland. p. 693. ISBN   9781476624365.
  12. ↑ "The Seven McElroys of the Thirteenth Mississippi Infantry C.S.A." Mississippi Signals C.S.A. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Merrehope, Circa 1858". Meridian Restorations Foundation. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Extinct Towns & Villages of Lauderdale County, Mississippi". Genealogy Trails. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  15. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alamucha Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department
  16. ↑ "Trumpet Records - Jackson". Mississippi Blues Commission. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  17. ↑ Ryan, Marc W. (2004). Trumpet Records. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 6, 7. ISBN   9781617035258.
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