Piute County News | 1939-01-27 | Page 3 | Ship Island, Military Post |

Type	issue
Date	1939-01-27
Paper	Piute County News
Language	eng
City	Junction
County	Piute
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
ARK	ark:/87278/s67h2nk3
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67h2nk3

Article Title	Ship Island, Military Post
Type	article
Date	1939-01-27
Paper	Piute County News
Language	eng
City	Junction
County	Piute
Page	3
OCR Text	Show ship phlp island military post pod ship island in mississippi was reserved tor for military purposes by the executive order of august SO 30 1847 in 1861 the island was occupied by confederate troops in september 1861 the united states naval forces took possession of the island the present works on the island idland were commenced in 1862 ship island was used as a base for foi military operations in the gulf alt from that time on lk it was abs sold in 1933 to the joe graham pos post no of the american americ ll 11 lelon legion
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67h2nk3/8589637