Aug 26  A Beloved Yankee General
Channel: Natchez National Historical Park
Date: 26/08/2016

Grace Ann White, a junior at Cathedral High School, presents a Natchez History Minute about Union Gen. Marcellus Monroe Crocker, commandant of the Natchez District during the Civil War who died on this day, Aug. 26 in 1865.  Crocker was beloved by Natchez planters because he allowed them to sell their cotton on the open market - after taking the oath of allegiance, of course.