May 12  Natchez Surrenders to the Iroquois
Channel: Natchez National Historical Park
Date: 2016-05-12

Emily Williams, a junior at Adams County Christian School, presents a Natchez History Minute about the Commander of the USS Iroguois demanding the surrender of the City of Natchez on this day, May 12 in 1862.  In response to the Union demands, Mayor Hunt wrote that he could not guarantee the United States flag would fly unmolested in Natchez.