Sep 2  The Shelling of Natchez, Part 1
Channel: Natchez National Historical Park
Date: 02/09/2016

Seth Blattner, a junior at Trinity Episcopal School, presents today's Natchez History Minute about the shelling of Natchez by the USS Essex on this day, September 2 in 1862.  The Union gunboat shelled the city for over two hours in retaliation for the killing of one sailor and the wounding of several others by a crowd of Natchezians.